Intern-Respiratory II

Baptist

Posted 2 months ago

Internship

Jonesboro, Arkansas

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The intern is responsible for monitoring, inventorying, and restocking medical equipment and supplies throughout the facility to ensure optimal patient care. They also perform quality control checks, sterilization procedures, and EKG tests while maintaining a safe and clean work environment.

Qualifications

This role requires individuals to be enrolled in an approved Respiratory Therapy program and be in good academic standing. Key responsibilities include managing equipment and supplies, ensuring compliance with infection control standards, and performing various patient care support tasks. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within 14 days of hire.

Job Description

Job Summary

Provides all areas of assigned facility with equipment/supplies necessary for optimal patient care. Ensures that all patient care equipment/supplies comply with Infection Control and all other regulatory guidelines. Maintains inventory and delivers appropriate equipment/supplies to necessary departments/areas of the hospital to adequately utilization all resources. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified through Baptist Mission, Vision, Values, Principles. Performs other duties as assigned or directed.

Responsibilities

  • Monitors, inventories, and restocks equipment/supplies throughout the hospital as needed.
  • Maintains PAR levels to ensure that adequate inventory of sterile and unsterile supplies are readily available.
  • Fills inventory supply requisitions and delivers supplies.
  • Participates in annual physical inventory.
  • Processes returned items appropriately.
  • Understands, applies, and supports departmental/hospital policies, procedures and standards.
  • Performs general housekeeping functions.
  • Maintains hospital, DNV and other quality control standards with subsequent records of sterilization procedures.
  • Ensures safe operation of equipment.
  • Maintains equipment and work area.
  • Recognizes and reacts appropriately to environmental safety factors.
  • Performs quality control checks.
  • Performs EKGs

Specifications

Experience

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Education

Minimum Required

  • Enrolled in a Respiratory Therapy program that is approved by the CAAHEP or CoARC as a second-semester student in good standing.

Preferred/Desired

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

Minimum Required

  • BLS within 14 Days of hire

Preferred/Desired

Baptist

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
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