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Respiratory Care Intern - Pittsburgh

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UPMC

3mo ago

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Healthcare
    Science
  • Pittsburgh

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a CoARC approved school of Respiratory Care
  • The intern must register for the Internship/Preceptorship each semester/quarter.
  • The intern must have completed one semester of clinical rotations at a CoARC approved school of Respiratory Care.
  • Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
  • Certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting
  • Act 33 with renewal
  • Act 34 with renewal
  • Act 73 FBI Clearance

Responsibilities

  • Participate in clinical research projects as required
  • Perform chest physiotherapy according to department standards
  • Assist in the transport of patients requiring respiratory support
  • Administer therapeutic gases such as oxygen as prescribed or according to departmental procedures
  • Perform flutter valve therapy according to department standards
  • Document interactions with and care given to the patient in the medical record and/or hospital information system
  • Prepare and administer aerosolized drugs and drug mixtures as prescribed (i.e., bronchodilator, antibiotics, antibacterial, wetting agents, enzymes, steroids, etc.)
  • Disassemble and prepare respiratory equipment for cleaning, disinfection and/or sterilization

Life Changing Medicine.

Science & Healthcare
Industry
10,001+
Employees

Mission & Purpose

A $23 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 700 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, and a 4 million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania. In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.4 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region’s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid more than $800 million in federal, state, and local taxes. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial, and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation’s best hospitals in many specialties and ranks UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.