Respiratory Therapist Job Vacancy at Tristate Healthcare System
Tristate Healthcare System is a conglomeration of super specialty Healthcare providers recognized for compassionate, exceptional and individualized care categories.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Respiratory Therapist
Location: Oyo
Position Summary
- You will take a leadership role in advocating and providing exceptional health care to patients and families.
- This position supports the hospital’s academic mandate by advancing care through teaching and learning and/or transforming care through research and innovation.
- This position contributes to the shared responsibility of ensuring health and safety policies are followed to provide for a healthy environment for patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and families on a practical level.
- Respiratory Therapy Team, your goal in this position is to promote a patient and family centred care approach.
- You will do this by collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of care providers in a supportive and culturally sensitive manner.
- You have clinical expertise, competence, and technical skills as related to the position.
- You are also flexible to changing priorities and committed to continuous learning and professional development.
- You have great interpersonal skills, and you effortlessly connect with physicians, staff, patients, and families.
Duties may include, but not limited to the following
- Supervise, teach and evaluate students as assigned by clinical coordinator
- Educate patients, families, caregivers and health care professionals in respiratory care
- Demonstrate the ability to lift and position patients and related equipment.
- Educate physicians and patients on Obstructive/ Central Sleep Apnea
- Administer therapy to treat CSA/ OSA
- Knowledge of CPAP/BiPAP/ APAP.
- Participate collaboratively within interprofessional healthcare teams with adult, paediatric and newborn patients in the Critical Care Unit, ED, Inpatient Units, Labour & Delivery, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and Operating Room
- Provide ventilation management, weaning and discontinuation
- Perform as a member of Code Teams and Critical Care Response Team
- Assist at high risk deliveries performing neonatal resuscitation
- Perform airway management including intubations and tracheostomy tube insertions
- Perform insertion of arterial lines
- Administer pharmaceutical substances in respiratory care
- Perform related diagnostic tests including procurement and interpretation of arterial blood gases, assisting with bronchoscopies
Qualifications
- Diploma/Degree in Respiratory Therapy
- Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
- Current Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Current NRP certification
- Experience in adult intubation and adult radial arterial line insertion
- Experience in neonatal intubation.
We Offer
What We Offer Working at Tristate Healthcare System/ Complete Respiratory Care Nigeria means working with a dynamic team of fellow healthcare providers, staff, and volunteers in our leading hospitals.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Cover Letter to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 28th September, 2018.
Note: Only those candidates granted an interview will be contacted.