Travel Respiratory Therapist - Registered RT/RRT

Travel Respiratory Therapist - Registered RT/RRT

American Traveler

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Position ID: P-756117

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$2,374.04/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is seeking a Registered Respiratory Therapist for a night shift position at a teaching hospital, requiring 2+ years adult critical care experience and CRT/RRT certification.

Details

• Short term acute care teaching hospital, member of the COTH, with 338 staffed beds
• Works in Respiratory/Neuro Diagnostics unit
• Night shift, 3x12 hours from 18:30-07:00
• Every other weekend required with holiday coverage expected
• No on-call requirement
• Floats between Adult and NICU units
• Uses Draeger V500, Draeger VN500, and Servo U ventilators
• Charts using Cerner

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience as an RRT in Adult Critical Care within the last 7 years
• NICU experience preferred
• ED experience preferred
• Teaching hospital and community hospital experience preferred
• Trauma Level I and II experience preferred
• Completion of at least 1 prior travel assignment required
• Current BLS and CRT certification required
• MD State licensure or compact license required (License required if applicable)
• ACLS, NRP, PALS, and RRT certification preferred
• Cerner charting experience required
• Comfortable drawing and analyzing ABGs
• Proficient with airway management devices including endotracheal tube suctioning, extubation, nasal and oral airway placement/suctioning, oropharyngeal suctioning, tracheostomy care, and sputum specimen collection
• Experience with ventilator management including BiPAP, CPAP, high pressure alarm troubleshooting, and weaning from mechanical ventilation
• Experience with high flow nasal cannula and trach collar oxygen therapy
• Skilled in medication delivery via aerosol setup, metered dose inhaler, and nebulizer for medications such as Albuterol, Atrovent, Combivent, Flovent, and others
• Bronchoscopy, Bicarbonate, Inhaled Flolan, Ketamine, Mucomyst, Nitric Oxide (INo), and Theophylline experience preferred
• Experience assisting in high risk deliveries and obtaining umbilical blood gases preferred

Additional Information

• Provide comprehensive respiratory care to adult and neonatal patients across critical care settings
• Perform airway management, pulmonary hygiene, and ventilator management duties
• Interpret arterial blood gases as part of clinical responsibilities
• Scrubs are not provided; required scrub color is ceil blue
• Candidates must live within 60 miles of the facility to qualify for the local rate
• First-time travelers will not be considered; at least 1 prior travel assignment is required
• Previous MedStar employees must have been separated for at least one year before returning as a traveler
• No more than 7 days of requested time off permitted per 13-week contract, and none during the first two weeks of the assignment

Hours per week: 48

Hours per shift: 12