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SSM Health

Respiratory Care Student

SSM Health, Bridgeton, Missouri, United States, 63044


**It's more than a career, it's a calling.**

MO-SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis

**Worker Type:**

PRN

**Job Summary:**

Provides evaluation of and care for respiratory therapy patients consistent with student scope of practice.

**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Administers medications and treatments to patients under appropriate supervision.

+ Delivers and assesses patient response to ordered therapy.

+ Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition.

+ Provides patient education for diseases, medications, and treatment.

+ May respond to Medical Emergencies and Rapid Responses.

+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ Enrolled in a Respiratory Therapy program

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

+ Constant standing and walking.

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

+ Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

+ Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Occasional driving.

+ Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Missouri

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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Respiratory Educ Permit - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Letter of Acknowledgment of Receipt of Application for Provisional Respiratory Care Practitioner - Oklahoma Medical Board

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Or

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Provisional Respiratory Care Therapist - Oklahoma Medical Board

State of Work Location: Illinois, Wisconsin

+ N/A

**Work Shift:**

Variable Shift (United States of America)

**Job Type:**

Employee

**Department:**

4302000128 Respiratory Therapy

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

0

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