Travel Allied (Respiratory Therapist) - Respiratory Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.

Avg. Daily Census: 130. 180 bed facility.

Weekend REQ: Will work every other or every third weekend depending on department need.

Is on-call REQ? Yes- on call required December-April.

Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Will float if needed.

Open to accommodating block schedule? Discuss schedule requests with manager.

Patient Diagnoses:

All age groups neonatal through geriatric and all possible diagnoses.

Special Procedures/Unit Details: Assist with bronchoscopies on occasion. Nighttime and daytime SAT / SBT responsibilities. Mostly routine respiratory care. Called to Emergency Department for all codes/traumas and severe respiratory distress only. Level II Nursery with sporadic bubble CPAP and invasive mechanical ventilation. Peds during RSV season which results in a lot of HFNC utilization.

Special Equipment: Drager V500 Ventilators (16), EV 300 Bipaps (10), V60 Bipaps (12), ResMed Tabletop PAP Devices (6), Volara (metaneb)(5), Vest therapy (4), Aerobika, Breath Actuated Nebulizers, Aerogen on all equipment.

Required Work Setting Experience: Adult Critical Care, ED, Pediatrics. Preferred Work Setting Experience: NICU, PICU, Transports (may need to assist with transfers to sister hospitals).

Required Airway Management Devices/Suctioning Skills/Experience: Endrotracheal tube/suctioning, Extubation, Intubation Assist, Nasal airway placement, Nasal airway suctioning, Oral airway placement, Oropharyngeal/suctioning, Pulmonary Hygiene, Sputum specimen collection, Tracheostomy/suctioning.

Required Care of the Patient With: ARDS, Aspiration, COVID, Cystic fibrosis, Fresh tracheostomy, Pneumonia.

Required Medication Administration Skills/Experience: Albuterol, Atrovent, Bicarbonate, Combivent, Flovent, Inhaled steroids, Isuprel, Mucomyst, Pulmicort, Racemic epinephrine, Spiriva, Terbutaline Sulfate, Tobramycin, Xopenex.

Required Medication Delivery System Experience/Skills: Aerosol set up mask, Aerosol set up trach, Medihaler, Metered dose inhaler.

Required Nebulizer Skills/Experience: Cold, Hand held, Heated, Trach collar.

Required Oxygen therapy skills/experience: Bag and mask, ET Tube, High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Trach collar.

Required Ventilator Management Skills/Experience: BiPap, CPAP, Troubleshooting high pressure alarms, Weaning from mechanical ventilation.

Required Neonatal/Pediatrics - Equipment/procedures Skills/Experience: Bubble CPAP, Capillary blood gases, CPAP/Nasal CPAP/BIPAP, IMV/SIMV, Intubation Assist, Pressure/Volume Ventilator, Umbilical blood gases. Preferred Neonatal/Pediatrics - Equipment/procedures Skills/Experience: Assist in high risk delivery, Neonatal transports (inter-departmental).

Required Care of the Infant/Child With: Respiratory syncytial virus, Transient Tachypnea of the newborn. Preferred Care of the Infant/Child With: Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Near drowning, Respiratory distress syndrome.

Required Professional Knowledge and Skills: ABG interpretation, Chest physiotherapy, Drawing arterial blood gases.

Community Hospital Experience Preferred .

Level I and II trauma experience Preferred.

Scrub Color: Navy Blue (preferred), Any solid color if not navy.

RTO – we can auto-approve 5 days of non holiday RTO or less. Anything more requires facility approval. Candidate must work 2 out of 3 major holidays.

Floating is 100% required of all travelers - Candidates will float within hospital or to an affiliate hospital/s near by

Background Policy to be noted prior to submission so we can seek approval prior to offer

Any PERM or PRN employee of Memorial must be away for 12 months before applying as a traveler

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: Please request an interview for one match from this facility at a time. You will not interview with the hiring manager if the facility chooses to extend an offer to you for this position. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.