Neuro

Allied / Tech - Respiratory Therapist

Shift: Night 4x12-Hour (18:30 - 07:00) Description: RRT Shift: 3x12 Nights of 4x12's 13 weeks or 18 weeks On Call/Weekend Requirement: No on call requirement, every other weekend required; holiday coverage expected Float Requirement: Float between Adult and NICU Local Rate within 60 Miles of facility Requirements: - 2 years of experience as an RRT in Adult Critical Care and NICU - 1 prior travel assignment completed - BLS - CRT - MD State licensure - ED experience preferred - ACLS preferred Special Equipment: Ventilators: Draeger V500 Servo U Job Position Details: - Traveler will be doing the following: Airway Management Devices/Suctioning: Endotracheal tube/suctioning, Extubation, Nasal airway placement, Nasal airway suctioning, Oral airway placement, Oropharyngeal/suctioning, Pulmonary Hygiene, Sputum specimen collection, Tracheostomy/suctioning, ABG interpretation - Skills Required for success: Airway Management Devices/Suctioning, Albuterol, Atrovent, Combivent, Flovent, Inhaled steroids, Isuprel, Lidocaine, Perforomist, Pulmicort, Racemic epinephrine, Spiriva, Terbutaline Sulfate, Tobramycin, Xopenex, Aerosol set up mask, Aerosol set up trach, Medihaler, Metered dose inhaler, Nebulizer, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Trach collar, BiPAP, CPAP, Troubleshooting high pressure alarms, Weaning from mechanical ventilation, Assist in high risk delivery, Umbilical blood gases, Draeger V500, Draeger VN500, Servo U, Comfortable drawing and analyzing ABGs, Cerner (Skills Preferred: Bronchoscopy, Bicarbonate, Inhaled Flolan, Ketamine, Mucomyst, Nitric Oxide (INo), Theophylline) Facility Information: Short Term Acute Care Facility; Teaching Hospital; Member of the COTH Total Staffed Beds: 338 Charting: Cerner Scrubs: not provided; scrub color: ceil blue This facility requires that all employees have the Flu vaccine