Respiratory Therapist

Submission Requirements: Can only submit to 1 position at a time across the entire WVU system Drivers license address must be outside 50 miles from the facility Previous perm candidates must be gone for 2 years Previous travelers there for 1 full year must be gone for 2 years Individual unit requirements listed in pulse apply. Travel teams must be submitted together in 1 email We are only permitted to submit 2 candidates per opening, if the position is at max, we will hold on to the submission if a spot opens up ANY License HITS NEED TO BE DISCLOSED AT TIME OF SUBMISSION. Unit RT # treatments per day Tx load @ Berkeley fluctuates could have several floors with treatments or the ICU with several vents and NIV's. Assignments vary greatly; however, we work together to get the patients taken care of. Certs - RRT and CRT "BLS, ACLS, PALS. NRP, RRT required but will accept CRT as long as they held their license prior to July 1st 2022, NRP added 12/15/2025 per Leslie Lee Experience/Must haves: must be able to intubate independently for adults. Will need to have prior level 2-3 NICU experience with to include ventilators. Peds floor care and Adults experience. Willing to consider someone with old nicu experience, and no pediatric experience. EMR EPIC Lead RT Lead Therapist for each shift Berkeley RT Manager M-F - handle daily operations & approve the schedule. Weekend Requirement Every other weekend : nights Fri/Sat/Sun days Sat/Sun Holidays Every other holiday No Call Scrub Color Gray Vents (What brand?) Servo U, Hamilton G5, Transport Vent Hamilton T1, Bipap non-invasive ventilation phillips respironics V60, High flow heated combo of AirVo & MaxTech system. Are RTs Required Intubate Independently? Must be able to intubate independently for adults Hospitalist or Intensivist in house Yes Pharmacy 24/7 Shifts "Fill out spreadsheet, managers balance it out & approve. Try to get out 4 weeks in advance. Berkeley 5-6 on days + PFT person & 4 -4 RT on nights for baseline" Floating Previous NICU exp is preferred (Berkeley is Level III NICU) Floor specific orientation "try to give 3 -12 hour shifts Berkeley each person has their own assignment: ER, ICU, 2nd floor, per day " Types of patients (adults, peds, and neonates?) peds, adults, neonates. Duties (ie: Do RTs draw ABGs?) "Duties: assess patients/clients, plan appropriate treatments based upon the physicians' orders & evalutations, establish goals, methods of treatments, & the patient's potential. Set-up equipment, administer treatments as ordered: O2, humidity therapy, airway mgmt, resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, postural drainage procedures, chest physiotherapy, Bipap, Cpap, nebulizers, inhalers, & ABG's. Berkeley RT they do EKGs in off hours from 5pm - including 7am the following morning & all weekend long but not in the ER. " Additional Notes Do not have to do PFTs. Only the clinincal RT side of things. Additional Questions How they feel about their integrity, teamwork, excellence quality stewardship? Must have the patients best interest in minds, Very much like a family. Have each other's backs. Notes Updated 6/15/2026 (MS)