Registered Respiratory Therapist Contract - Nights - $47.60/hr.

About the role

Delivers routine respiratory treatments and continuous respiratory therapy including aerosol therapy, lung expansion therapy, oxygen therapy, and bronchial hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Maintains patient safety and comfort during treatment delivery.
• Monitors, instructs, and coaches patients before, during, and after treatment delivery.
• Prevents and/or resolves untoward side effects and adjusts therapies according to protocol and documented clinical criteria.
• Reevaluates patient/ventilator interface a minimum of every four hours, responds to alarms, and troubleshoots as needed.
• Establishes weaning readiness and facilitates the weaning process, adjusting ventilator settings in accordance with patient progress.
• Determines or guides the determination of ventilator mode and settings.
• Draws and analyzes arterial and capillary blood gases, places arterial lines, and makes or recommends changes in respiratory management according to blood gas results.
• Initiates and maintains mechanical ventilation.
• Recommends changes in respiratory plan of care according to documented medical necessity and within established protocols.
• Makes and/or recommends changes based on pulse oximetry, peak flow measurement, chest x-ray, lab work, and other data relevant to optimal patient progress.
• Ensures the effectiveness of therapist assessment and reassessment by monitoring patient progress.

Requirements

• Patient care skills to care for neonatal, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient populations are required.
• Intubations and airway management for all population served.
• Ventilator management for all populations served.
• Arterial line placements.

Qualifications

• Education Associate
• High School Grad or Equiv
• Field Of Study Must be a graduate of an approved respiratory care program

Skills

• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Cert (ACLS)
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)
• Neonatal Resuscitation (NPR)
• Neonatal Med Certification (NEONATAL MED)

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$15.00 - $130.00

Schedule

Schedule PRN Shift Night (United States of America)