Respiratory Care Student in Conway, South Carolina at Conway Medical Center

Position Summary: The Respiratory Care Student (RCS) under the supervision of a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) will perform and evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic clinical procedures in accordance with physician orders. The RCS will assist with procedures including but not limited, assisting with endotracheal intubation, extubations, tracheotomy tube changes, capnography monitoring. Other duties include evaluating appropriateness of medical orders, transporting patients requiring mechanical ventilation or airway protection, assuring safe operations of devices in the MRI, and assisting with Bronchoscopy. The RCS will be proficient in the application of mechanical ventilator modalities, Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV); Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP). The RCS will provide patient and therapeutic assessments to assure optimal medical decisions, review and revise policy, procedures and practice guidelines, assist in the evaluation of products/equipment, and maintain environment and supply inventory of assigned unit. The RCS must be willing to report back to work during any emergency situation, this includes if needed during inclement weather, mass casualty, internal disaster, etc. The RCP will complete other duties as assigned.

All organizational staff, including this position, are specifically required as a condition of continued employment to make advance preparations for their families and pets in the event of weather emergencies such as Hurricanes and flooding threats. Any staff member can be determined as essential staff required to report to the facility during these events. In many cases this means reporting and sleeping at the facility before, during and after a weather emergency. By signing this job description, the staff member accepts this responsibility of readiness to report to work during any designated emergency staffing situation. CMC staff members operate as one team meeting the healthcare needs of our communities, thus this position will on occasion complete other duties as assigned beyond those designated in this primary job description which may include “float” coverage at an alternate facility, department or assignment.

Qualifications

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Currently enrolled in a CoARC approved School of Respiratory Therapy Program required.

Experience:

• Second Year student with one-year of experience as a student in a respiratory therapy program required.