Details: Application Deadline Date: 7/31/12 Description WHO WE ARE: North Central Health Care (NCHC) is a human services organization serving the counties of Langlade, Lincoln and Marathon. North Central Health Care, with its main campus in Wausau, has additional offices located in Antigo, Merrill and Tomahawk. NCHC offers outpatient, community support and inpatient services for mental/emotional problems; vocational, life skills training, early intervention, and housing services for the developmentally disabled; and assessment, individual and outpatient group counseling, intensive programming, day treatment, hospital, referral for residential and inpatient treatment, and education for alcohol and other drug problems. Services for detoxification and for persons suffering from problems with gambling addiction are offered as well. Our nursing home, Mount View Care Center, offers skilled nursing services at the main campus, with a licensed capacity of 265. Persons requiring either short term or long term skilled nursing care because of complex physical needs, psychiatric and neurological diseases, dementia or behavior problems are served. North Central Health Care employees enjoy competitive wages, flexible schedules for many positions, and a range of excellent full/part-time benefits, including: Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Employer-paid Wisconsin Retirement plan Optional life insurance with spouse & dependent coverage Flexible spending accounts Employer-funded HRA account Short-term disability plan Long-term disability coverage Optional 457b Deferred Compensation plans Scholarship program Generous Paid Leave Time program with select holidays Employee recognition programs and an enjoyable work environment POSITION SUMMARY: Professional respiratory care work involving the delivery and supervision of resident care on the ventilator unit in a skilled nursing home facility under the direction of the Unit Team Manager. The employee performs the full scope of professional respiratory care functions within the parameters of professional licensure and standards of practice. The RT will be part of the interdisciplinary team which includes nursing, activities, dietary, pharmacy, medical services and social services. The RT will provide respiratory and cardiopulmonary monitoring, diagnostics and therapy services under medical direction to residents. Will provide education to residents and their families regarding respiratory disease and physiology. Will promote resident centered care that incorporates the resident’s preferences into the plan of care. Several Respiratory Therapist positions open in our new North Winds Vent unit; varying shifts, 6 am - 6 pm with an every third weekend requirement. Will be responsible for residents ranging in age from young adults to geriatrics and must be able to interpret age specific assessments. Will be responsible for assisting in the development of the plan of care along with the interdisciplinary team. Interpret, administer and monitor effectiveness of aerosolized medications ordered by a physician. Documents assessments, interventions and data within interdisciplinary notes. Transcribes verbal orders to physician orders sheet per policy. Processes new orders per policy. Rounds with IDT for each resident on a schedule to be determined. Reviews charts to ensure no contraindications or hazards exist for therapy ordered. Performs assessment of patient’s oxygenation, ventilation, breath sounds as determined by the plan of care and no less than facility policy. Monitors respiratory parameters as needed (ex. Tidal volume, respiratory rate, vital capacity, etc.). Checks ventilator for proper mechanical and alarm function. Sets up and adjusts variables as per physician orders or clinical judgement. Attendance to quarterly competencies and annual in-services. Measures output criteria and makes adjustments throughout the patient’s course. Promotes positive customer and team relations through effective communication, maintenance of confidentiality, and prompt response to patient, family, and staff concerns. Respectful of co-workers. Utilizes chain of command. Keeps Team Manager informed of unit issues, etc. Maintains a positive attitude and a willingness to accept change. Will be available for assisting with assessments/treatments in remainder of nursing home on an as needed basis. Assist with quality assurance monitoring and quality improvement initiatives. ~cb~ COMPENSATION: Competitive hourly wage. SELECTION PROCEDURE: Selection of the successful candidate may be made by assessment of experience and education, criminal record check, oral interview; review of references, written background inventory, and other appropriate job-related selection procedures. All applicants will be notified as to the status of their application. SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS: North Central Health Care will make arrangements to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary and reasonable to afford an individual with a disability the opportunity to participate in the recruitment process. Please notify the Human Resources Department office or phone (715) 848-4420 to request special accommodations prior to the application deadline. NOTICE TO APPLICANTS: Wisconsin Statutes, Sections 19.36 (7), 64.09 (5), and 64.11 (7) require public employers to treat the following items as a public record: Each applicant’s application, records, recommendations and qualifications except as provided in Section 19.36 (7), Wis. Stats. that allows the identity of an applicant to remain confidential if the applicant requests in writing that North Central Health Care not provide access to this information. If you choose not to have this information become a public record, you must make such a request in writing to the Human Resources Department. If you become a finalist for the position, your identity may be disclosed as required by law.
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