Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist - $1,939 per week

About the role

TotalMed Allied is seeking a travel Registered Respiratory Therapist for a travel job in Saint Louis, Missouri. We're looking for a Pediatric Registered Respiratory Therapist (Peds-RRT) for an immediate travel position opening in Saint Louis, MO. TotalMed is a Top Ten travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency that staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians in all 50 states, offering local and travel jobs and matching caregivers with the right organization to support facilities and patients.

Responsibilities

• Administer to patients a variety of simple and complex respiratory and cardiology modalities.
• Maintains appropriate patient records/documentation.
• Cleans, disinfects, assembles, calibrates, maintains respiratory and cardiology equipment and accessories.
• Evaluates equipment for proper and safe function.
• Reports malfunctions to director.
• Performs arterial puncture and analyzes sample according to procedure guidelines.
• Interacts with co-workers, nurses, physicians, other hospital personnel to optimize continuum of care for patient being treated.
• Responds to emergent situations that could require Respiratory support.

Requirements

• 1 year of recent acute care experience (must have 1 year of experience).
• Must have NBRC‑RRT, BLS, and ACLS.
• PALS