Northwestern Medicine · 9 hours ago
Respiratory Clinical Specialist, Full-Time Days
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expNorthwestern Medicine is a leader in the healthcare industry, emphasizing a patient-first approach. The Respiratory Clinical Specialist is responsible for performing complex respiratory interventions, providing patient care, and overseeing clinical procedures within various specialty areas.
Emergency MedicineHealth CareHospitalMedicalNutritionRehabilitation
Responsibilities
Performs all functions of a Respiratory Therapist – RRT; see job class #9417
Implements special clinical procedures within one of the following specialty areas: ECMO; Asthma/COPD; Tracheostomies: Medical ICU; Coronary Care Unit and Cath Lab; Surgical ICU and PACU; Cardio-Thoracic ICU; Neuro-Spine ICU; Pulmonary Unit; Neonatal ICU; Trauma & Emergency Response; involving highly technical equipment management requiring understanding and functional knowledge of complex physiologic processes and interpretation of data
Consults with physicians, nurses and other health care professionals and participates in daily patient rounds for assigned specialty area to promote consistent quality and delivery of patient care
Administers respiratory therapy primarily within a defined specialty area, but is also proficient in multiple clinical specialty areas
Provides orientation, technical/clinical direction and guidance to staff upon hire and on an ongoing basis to ensure standards of high quality are achieved and maintained in the delivery of patient care and compliance with policies, procedures and clinical protocols
In the absence of the Clinical Coordinator or the Education Coordinator, effectively assumes his/her responsibilities to carry through the operations of the department
Provides direct patient care for a minimum of 50% of hours worked; for direct patient care responsibilities, see job class # 9417
Performs ongoing assessments of the patient service needs in the assigned specialty area
Presents minimum of 2 in-service programs per year for departmental staff
Assists Education Coordinator with annual departmental clinical competencies
Performs equipment evaluations and active research projects and provides follow-up to manager and Clinical Coordinator
Reviews and revises existing policy and procedure manuals
Develops policy and procedures for new equipment and procedures
Assists with the development of clinical research protocols and participates in their implementation
Oversees and coordinates ongoing clinical research projects and participates on selected patient care committees
Oversees other therapists within the specialty areas in the performance of specific duties
Teaches specific clinical skills to staff/students and serves as a professional role model
Provides orientation to staff/students and other health professionals to department, patient care floors and policies
Provides input to Performance Management for other staff
Attends committee meetings within assigned specialty area and provides manager with updates of pertinent issues
Reports daily operational issues of the specialty area to the Respiratory Clinical Coordinator, ECMO Coordinator, or Education Coordinator, depending on specialty
Promotes and maintains open lines of communication with all departmental staff
Attends/contributes to monthly departmental and discipline specific meetings in addition to meetings for specialty
Serves as a liaison between the Department of Respiratory Care and the medical staff within specialty area to promote consistency
Adheres to the Hospital and departmental policies and procedures
Adheres to the Code of Ethics, Customer Service Standards and the Patient’s First mission as demonstrated through positive patient/guest relations, positive and effective interactions with staff, formulating and meeting developmental goals
Qualification
Required
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)- National Board of Respiratory Care Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP)- Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
Basic Life Support- American Heart Association
Advanced Cardiac Life Support- American Heart Association
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (within one year of promotion or hire for all specialties except neonatal ICU)
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Heart Association (for Neonatal ICU specialty)
Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS) – National Board of Respiratory Care (within one year of hire or promotion for all specialties except Neonatal ICU)
Neonatal/ Pediatric Specialist (NPS)- National Board of Respiratory Care (within one year of hire or promotion for Neonatal ICU specialty)
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) certification (within one year of hire or promotion for ECMO specialty)
AE-C Certification (within one year of hire or promotion for the Asthma/COPD specialty)
Bachelor Degree in Respiratory Therapy or Science
Minimum of 5 years of Critical Care Experience in a level one trauma and major academic medical center
Preferred
Master's Degree in Respiratory Therapy or Science
Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT)- National Board of Respiratory Care
Sleep Disorders Specialty (SDS) – National Board of Respiratory Care
Benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Loan forgiveness
401(k) matching
Lifecycle benefits
Company
Northwestern Medicine
Northwestern Medicine is the collaboration between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine around a strategic vision to transform the future of health care.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25M2018-06-26Grant· $25M
Leadership Team
Howard Chrisman, MD
President and CEO
John A. Orsini, CPA
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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