Travel Respiratory Therapist

Job description

American Traveler is seeking a Respiratory Therapist for a 13-week acute care assignment with day/night rotating shifts, requiring 2+ years experience and multiple critical care certifications.

Job Details

• Acute care setting in a 127-bed inpatient hospital,

• Covers all inpatient areas, ED, inpatient and outpatient EKGs, and outpatient bronchoscopies in a procedural setting,

• Patient population is mainly adults, with a pediatric inpatient unit and family birthing unit (no c-sections),

• Department staffs 7 RTs during the day and 5 at night, with 40-70 treatments per therapist,

• May manage up to 8-9 ventilators in the ICU at a time,

• May be called to initiate CPAP on an infant,

• Uses Puritan Bennett 840, Hamilton C1, Avea, Bipap v60, and Vapotherm equipment,

• EMR used is Expanse - hCare,

• 12-hour day/night rotating shifts , ), set schedule made 4 weeks in advance,

• Every other weekend required, with option for weekend-only schedules,

• Works Christmas and New Years if scheduled,

• Floating required within facility only,

• No call or standby call requirement,

Job Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience required,

• ER, ICU, and inpatient adult experience required,

• Pediatric experience preferred; training provided,

• ACLS, BLS (AHA), NRP, PALS, and STABLE certifications required,

• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) via NBRC required; RRT preferred,

• Assists with intubation only, not required to intubate independently,

• License required if applicable,

• Professional appearance required: any color professional scrubs, no long nails, men must be clean shaven,

Additional Information

• Performs breathing treatments, ventilator management, ABG draws and sample running, and EKGs for inpatient and outpatient areas,

• Core RTs may place arterial lines,

• Assignments are distributed using a points system to balance workload across areas,

• No critical care transport outside the facility required,

• Lead therapist or supervisor available for support at all times,

• Open ICU model with 2 pulmonologists on staff and a hospitalist in house 24/7,

• Orientation includes a general first day, classroom orientation and modules on day two, followed by approximately 3 days of shadowing with a preceptor,

• All travelers begin on inpatient units before branching out to other areas,

• Facility conducts a second interview and will assess traveler skills onsite to determine appropriate assignment areas

Worksite address

princeton, AL, 35766, US

Who can apply

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