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Delivering exceptional patient care is a team effort. At Cleveland Clinic, you’ll join a team of teams dedicated to providing compassionate, patient-centered care to the communities we serve. Begin and grow your career at one of the nation’s top healthcare organizations.

As a Respiratory Care Limited Permit Holder, you’ll work with respiratory therapists, technicians, nurses and physicians to meet our patients’ diverse and changing needs.

A caregiver in this PRN position can be expected to work rotating nights, evenings and day shifts with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Administer aerosol treatments

• Complete arterial blood gas (ABG) tests

• Participate in Metered dose inhaler (MDI) therapy.

• Conduct oxygen rounds.

• Be hardworking and eager to learn the many duties and responsibilities of a RRT.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:   

• Must be actively enrolled in an accredited Respiratory Therapy program.

• Must possess a current temporary limited permit to practice Respiratory Care (RCLP-L1) in the State of Ohio.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Heart Association (AHA).

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregive include:

• Prior healthcare experience

• Skills: critical thinking, independent working, active listening, collaboration and adaptability.

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Physical Requirements:

• Physical demands include the ability to walk and stand for long periods of time; having the ability to perform duties while walking, standing, stooping and lifting.

• Normal hearing and vision or corrected to normal range.

• Requires the ability to lift materials weighing 50 lbs. or more, push wheeled equipment, and assist in the lifting and repositioning of patients.

• Must have strong hand-eye coordination, full range of body motion and manual finger dexterity to manipulate equipment.

• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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