Intern-Respiratory I
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Baptist
Meridian, MS, US
Summary
The intern is responsible for monitoring, inventorying, and restocking medical equipment and supplies throughout the hospital to ensure optimal patient care. They also perform quality control checks, sterilization procedures, and general housekeeping tasks.
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 year 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 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.
Founded
1912
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee
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.
Founded
1912
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee