Travel Respiratory Therapist - Registered RT/RRT

American Traveler is seeking a Respiratory Therapist (RRT) for a night shift position at a Level 2 trauma center, requiring 1+ year of experience and GA RRT licensure. Job Details • Level 2 trauma center with interventional stroke certification and a Level 3 NICU serving as the regional transport resource, • Patient population ranges from infants to geriatrics, primarily adult with some pediatric intubated patients, • Manages non-invasive and conventional ventilation, aerosol therapy, bedside pulmonary function tests, arterial line placement, oxygen management, and patient education, • Performs arterial blood gases, capillary blood gases, and blood draws from lines, • Uses Epic, Pyxis, SBAR, Viasys Vela, GE Carescape, and Viasys Avea systems, • Night shift, 3x12 hours (18:30-7:00), • Every other weekend required unless otherwise specified, • Floating required within facility and to sister campus as needed, • No call requirements, • Slate gray scrub color required, Job Requirements • Minimum 1 year of experience required, primarily adult population with pediatric intubated patient exposure, • Teaching hospital experience required, • Trauma experience required, • Level II trauma experience preferred, • Epic charting system experience preferred, • Pulmonary function testing (spirometry) experience preferred, • Current certifications required: BLS, ACLS, PALS, RRT, • GA RRT license required if applicable, • NRP certification preferred, • Skills required include ventilator management (BiPAP, CPAP, weaning, troubleshooting alarms), airway management (extubation, suctioning, airway placement), tracheostomy care, and ABG interpretation, • Experience with medication delivery systems including nebulizers, MDIs, and various respiratory medications, • First-time travelers are accepted, Additional Information • Provide comprehensive respiratory care to critically ill patients ranging from neonates to geriatric adults, • Collaborate with multidisciplinary care team in a high-acuity trauma and stroke center environment, • Support the NICU as a regional transport resource facility, • Maximum RTO of 7 days per contract, must be finalized at time of submission, • No RTO requests permitted during orientation week, • Holiday coverage required: work 1-2 major holidays if they occur during assignment; work 2 of 3 if three major holidays occur during assignment period, • Major holidays include Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday, Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day, • Local candidates accepted at the same bill rate, • Former Piedmont perm, per diem, or FCSS staff must be separated from all Piedmont facilities for one full year before applying as a traveler, • Returning travelers who were previously cancelled or given a facility DNR must complete one assignment outside of Piedmont before reapplying American Traveler