Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Job Summary:
Location: Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Address: 933 E Pierce St, Council Bluffs, IA
Schedule varies. Based around school schedule.
The Respiratory Care Assistant supports the Respiratory Therapy team in delivering high-quality patient care. This role is designed for current or upcoming students enrolled in an accredited Respiratory Therapy program who are looking to gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting.
Under the direction of licensed Respiratory Therapists, the Respiratory Care Assistant provides technical and patient care support, assists with equipment preparation and maintenance, and helps ensure a safe and efficient care environment. This position offers valuable exposure to respiratory care practices while building a strong clinical foundation for a future career as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.
Responsibilities:
Essential Functions
Maintains Respiratory Care supply/equipment levels, to ensure availability for patient care.
- Assures adequate equipment and supplies are available for patient care. Notifies team lead if need to order supplies.
- Cleaning and set up of respiratory equipment.
Maintains oxygen and air cylinder supply for hospital.
- Inventories cylinders.
- Troubleshoots regulators.
- Replaces empty cylinders.
Ensures appropriate readiness of equipment for patient use.
- Cleans and sterilizes equipment.
- Reassembles equipment for patient use.
- Performs safety checks on equipment as appropriate.
- Stocks respiratory therapy equipment in designated areas.
Performs monthly Code Blue cart inventory checks for Methodist Hospital and Women's Hospital.
- Communicates to Service Leader issues with Code Blue cart supplies, equipment.
- Replace missing equipment and supplies.
- Communication with Respiratory Assistant on any issues that are identified.
Schedule:
Schedule varies. Based around school schedule.
Job Description:
Job Requirements
Education
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Current or upcoming student enrolled in the Respiratory Care Program required.
- Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirements.
Experience
- One year hospital experience preferred.
- Previous secretarial experience helpful.
License/Certifications
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Must have good verbal communication skills.
Physical Requirements
Weight Demands
- Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
Physical Activity
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
- Climbing
- Crawling
- Kneeling
- Sitting
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
- Balancing
- Carrying
- Crouching
- Distinguish colors
- Keyboarding/typing
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Repetitive Motions
- Standing
- Stooping/bending
- Twisting
- Walking
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
- Fingering/Touching
- Grasping
- Hearing
- Reaching
- Seeing/Visual
- Speaking/talking
Job Hazards
- Not Related:
- Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Electrical Shock/Static
- Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
- Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
- Rare (1-33%):
- Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
- Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Occasionally (34%-66%):
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
- Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
- Equipment/Machinery/Tools
About Methodist:
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.