"To Heal. To Teach. To Discover." At University Hospitals, these words represent more than just our mission; they encapsulate the opportunities available to the numerous world-class doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals, and support staff who choose to join UH and make a difference.

The Pulmonary Function Research - Respiratory Therapist role within the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center offers a unique chance to become part of a dynamic, collaborative interdisciplinary team. This position adds value to patient care and significantly assists with research studies.

We currently offer an opportunity for a full time days, Registered Respiratory Therapist to support pulmonary function research at our acute care hospital in Cleveland.

Joining our team comes with several benefits, including:

• A $10,000 sign-on bonus
• Free parking for regular status caregivers
• Tuition reimbursement
• Full benefits and retirement
• Support for continuing education, career growth, and professional development
• Enhanced PTO for candidates with 5+ years of relevant work experience

A Brief Overview

The therapist is learning and incorporating the mission statement and standards of behavior of his/her hospital or care facility. This therapist performs basic competencies within orientation and provides satisfactory respiratory therapy with minimum supervision.

What You Will Do

• Mechanical ventilation
• Medicated aerosol delivery
• Airway clearance therapy
• Patient monitoring
• Oxygen and humidity therapy
• Special procedures (CPR, specialty gases, bronchoscopy, transport, etc.)

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

Education

• Associate's Degree in Respiratory (Required) or
• Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory (Required)

Work Experience

• 1+ years Respiratory Therapy (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) 
• Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required)
• Current RCP Ohio License granted by the Ohio Medical Board (Required) 
• AARC membership within 6 months of hire date (Required) 
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Preferred)

• Successful candidate must obtain registration with Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) and Certification in Biomedical Research; Human Subject Protection, Social & Behavioral Research and Good Clinical Practice training within 3 months of hire.

Position Details/Preferred Qualifications

1+ years of recent experience is strongly preferred.  Previous work in a hospital is preferred. 1 year of Pulmonary Function experience is highly recommended. The primary focus of this role is to help generate revenue by helping to complete PFTs and schedule subjects. The main responsibilities of the position include scheduling subjects, performing, per protocol, procedures such as pre/post bronch, DLCO, 6mwt (depending on what protocol the RRT will be working on at the moment of PFT testing), keeping up on research training specific to each protocol assigned, collaborating with coordinators to ensure the PFT aligns with the subjects visits, sending results and ensuring it gets signed by doctors, keeping track of all research PFT and updating logs, assisting with creating work orders, per protocol, for any new investigators that want to use the research lab, reporting on completed tasks, and then other duties assigned. This is a grant-funded position with no end date. However, no grant is ever a guarantee.

Physical Demands

• Standing Frequently
• Walking Frequently
• Sitting Rarely
• Lifting Frequently 50 lbs
• Carrying Frequently 50 lbs
• Pushing Frequently 50 lbs
• Pulling Frequently 50 lbs
• Climbing Occasionally 50 lbs
• Balancing Occasionally
• Stooping Frequently
• Kneeling Frequently
• Crouching Frequently
• Crawling Occasionally
• Reaching Frequently
• Handling Frequently
• Grasping Frequently
• Feeling Constantly
• Talking Constantly
• Hearing Constantly
• Repetitive Motions Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Constantly