NICU Day shift WEEKEND option

About the role

The Respiratory Care Practitioner assesses patients with respiratory disorders, conducts diagnostic tests, develops treatment plans, and administers respiratory therapy. The role operates medical devices, monitors patient responses, and provides emergency care when needed. Working closely with healthcare teams, the practitioner manages respiratory conditions, improves lung function, and enhances patient well‑being. Under some supervision, the practitioner also educates patients about respiratory health and disease prevention.

Responsibilities

• Restore patients’ pulmonary function and alleviate pain by planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy.
• Conduct pulmonary function tests, assess and interpret evaluations and test results, and determine respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians.
• Administer inhalants, operate mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators to help patients accomplish their treatment plans.
• Perform bronchopulmonary drainage, assist with breathing exercises, and monitor physiological responses to therapy, including vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.
• Evaluate the effects of the respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing, noting, and assessing patient progress, and recommend adjustments or modifications.
• Complete discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health‑care workers, and contribute to patient‑care conferences.
• Ensure continuation of the therapeutic plan after discharge by designing home exercise programs and instructing patients, families, and caregivers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent; graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy program.
• Licensure/Certification: Licensed by the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board and the National Board of Respiratory Care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) within six months of hire; a provisional license or Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential is acceptable at hire in lieu of the RRT credential.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification – American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification – American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.