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　　The Pulmonary Rehabilitation RRT is responsible for the day-to-day planning and conducting of specific exercise and lifestyle management assessment and intervention for individuals participating in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program. The Pulmonary Rehabilitation RRT educates patients to help them better understand their disease process and to help improve quality of life.

　　JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

　　Maintains established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality standards, programs, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

　　Plans, conducts and demonstrates specific exercise and lifestyle interventions specific to the individual’s disease process

　　Conducts new patient evaluations which include but not limited to: medical history, functional status, short and long-term goals, nutritional assessment, and emotional status.

　　Evaluates patients for exercise tolerance and determines individual treatment plans for each individual patient.

　　Properly monitors patient pulse oximetry, exertion levels and cardiac status as needed.

　　Provide patient specific education on the disease process, nutrition, medication administration and other topics related to their disease process.

　　Maintains and properly operates all exercise equipment.

　　Properly documents all encounters in LSI and EPIC

　　Works with Pulmonary Rehabilitation Medical Director as needed.

　　Maintains confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/ Entity as well as the proper release of information.

　　Complies with network and departmental policies regarding issues of employee, patient and environmental safety and follows appropriate reporting requirements.

　　PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

　　Ability to stand for the greater part of 8 hours. Occasional handling, grasping, twisting and turning while aiding clients and setting up equipment. The possibility of lifting clients weighing up to 300 pounds with assistance. The possibility of pushing clients weighing up to 300 pounds in a wheelchair. Occasional stooping, bending, squatting, crouching, and reaching above shoulder level. Touching as it relates to patient assessment, attaching heart monitors, and auscultation of lungs. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation, BP evaluation, and auscultating lung sounds. Seeing as it relates to general close-up and distant vision. Must be able to use finger dexterity, grasping, and holding as it relates to documentation an assisting with machinery setup.

　　EDUCATION:

　　Registered Respiratory Therapist from an accredited educational center with valid license to practice respiratory care in the state of PA.

　　TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

　　Familiar with Pulmonary Rehabilitation policy and procedure. BLS Certification required. Prior clinical experience in Pulmonary Rehabilitation (preferred). AARC / AACVPR Pulmonary Rehab certificate and / or comparable certification recommended.

　　Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

　　St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. (http://www.slhn.org/EOE)

　　Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (http://www.slhn.org/) (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 18,000 employees providing services at 14 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $2.7 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only regional medical school campus. It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 38 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 347 residents and fellows. St. Luke’s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. St. Luke’s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. U.S. News & World Report ranked St. Luke’s #1 in the Lehigh Valley and #6 in the state. Three of IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals are St. Luke’s hospitals. St. Luke’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health nine times total and seven years in a row, including in 2021 when it was identified as THE #1 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, IBM Watson Health also named St. Luke’s among the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers..

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