Registered Respiratory Therapist - PresNow Menaul

Location Address:

7400 Menaul Blvd NE

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Albuquerque, NM 87110

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $27.92
Maximum Offer $42.63

Summary:

Provide routine and advanced respiratory care responsibilities, manage ventilators, implement cardiorespiratory protocols, and perform advanced airway care

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.
• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: PRN
FTE: 0.00
Job Exempt: No
Work Shift: 12 Hour Nights (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

*All Certified Respiratory Therapist responsibilities.

*Assists physicians with Bronchoscopy Procedures under departmental policy including monitoring and assessment of the level of consciousness, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems; as well as delivery of IV conscious sedation agents to include drugs in the classifications of opiods, benzodiazepines and sedative hypnotics and their reversal agents

*Initiates ventilator protocols; implements and coordinates ventilator management.

*Performs advanced airway care to include tracheotomy changes, extubation and intubation.

*Initiates and monitors high frequency ventilators.

*In NICU Therapists will also perform: Surfactant delivery, intubation and attend high risk deliveries.

*Optional procedures: transport team, intubation, and Back-up charge therapist.

*Initiates and monitors Nitric Oxide delivery

*Performs department specific functions as detailed within the summary of the department specific duties

*Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

ASSOCIATE
Two to three years college level courses/Associates Degree/Diploma in Respiratory Care. New Mexico Respiratory Care Practitioner License, Registered Respiratory Therapist credential from the NBRC, ACLS and/or PALS , BLS required. Six months to one year critical care experience preferred

UPDATED 10/21/24

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