Respiratory Therapist- Childrens Critical Care Transport- Full Time

Respiratory Therapist- Children's Critical Care Transport- Full Time

To provide optimum critical/emergency care to sick or injured infants/children transported by aircraft or ground ambulance to UMMC or other designated facilities.

Education and Experience Required:

Associate's degree and 3 years of respiratory care experience required. Maximum weight of 225 pounds when fully clothed. Must be able to lift a patient weighing 250 pounds onto a stretcher or infant in an incubator, carry for a minimum of 50 feet, and load into an aircraft or ground ambulance (with the help of another provider).

Certification, Licenses or Registration Required:

Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association. Respiratory Care Practitioner license from the Mississippi Department of Health. Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) and Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from the National Board for Respiratory Care. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) from the American Heart Association required post-hire within 90 days.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to assess and treat injuries and disease for pediatric and neonatal patients. Knowledge of agents, equipment, procedures, and techniques for the provision of emergency and critical care nursing for interfacility and scene transports. Verbal and written communication skills. Ability to remain calm in emergency conditions. Ability to provide physical and psychological treatment and comfort to patients.

Responsibilities:

• Performs patient assessments, formulates care plans, provides medication, and records all care delivered during transport in line with protocols.
• Provides physical and psychological comfort to patients. Monitors patient condition during transport and adverse reactions to drugs of treatment.
• Operates and monitors respiratory equipment such as continuous and intermittent ventilators, medical gas delivery apparatus, incentive breathing/hyperinflation devices, environmental control systems, and aerosol devices.
• Consults with assisting personnel in the provision of patient care.
• Ensures equipment and supplies are available and functional and reports equipment failures.
• Promotes a positive image of UMMC by participating in community outreach programs.
• Ensures regulatory compliance of patient care provided during ground and flight transport. Prepares and maintains applicable reports and documentation.
• Participates in disaster preparedness and operational support to include EMS unit operations as well as supporting UMMC's role in the State Medical Response System.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands:

Requires constant exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, constant travelling to offsite locations, constant activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, frequent lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).