Shift: Night 3x12-Hour (19:00 - 07:00)
Description: Respiratory Therapist (RRT or CRT)
3x12 NIGHTS 7p-7a weekdays, some weekends, float
MANAGER WANTS PICU AND ER EXPERIENCE!!! "at times the traveler will work with only 2 therapists on nights, so they will need to be ready to work in the PICU and ER settings"
Start date: orientations are every other Tuesday
Shift: 3x12 NIGHTS 7p-7a; weekdays, some weekends, float
Types of Cases REQ: Critical Care, General Care, Adults and/or Peds
Types of Cases Preferred:
Years of experience REQ: 1 year
First-timers accepted: Yes
Weekend REQ: Yes
National Certs REQ: ACLS; PALS, NALS for Peds
BLS REQ: Yes
Is on-call REQ: None
Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes, as needed
Floating Req to Sister Facilities: Yes
Open to accommodating block schedule? Yes, open but not guaranteed
Locals accepted: What is the local radius rule? 100 mile radius for travelers. Facility will consider 75-100 miles.
Pending State License accepted: Yes
RTO Restrictions: Yes, must be submitted two weeks prior to next schedule and approved by manager
Guaranteed Hours: 72-80 per pay period

Hospital Highlights
• Hospital Type: Short Term Acute Care
• Type of Facility: Level IV Trauma Center, Major teaching hospital; member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH)
• Total Staffed Beds: 838
• Scrub Color: Provided
• Charting: Cerner
• Parking Cost: free for travelers

• COVID-19 Vaccine: Not Required
• Flu Vaccine: Required - Medical Exemptions Only

Job Requirements & Qualifications
• Previous Charge Experience : Preferred
• Years of Experience : 1
• Patient Ratio Experience :
• Charting System Experience : Preferred
• Charting System Name : Cerner
• Community Hospital Experience : -
• LTAC Experience : -
• Trauma Level I Experience : Preferred
• Trauma Level II Experience : -
• Travel Experience Required : -
• Certifications : NRP*, PALS*, BLS, RRT, NALS*
• Skills :
• Adult Critical Care*
• Emergency Department*
• Pediatric Critical Care*
• Extubation*
• Intubation Assist*
• Nasal airway placement*
• Nasal airway suctioning*
• Oral airway placement*
• Oral/nasal Suctioning*
• Sputum specimen collection*
• Tracheostomy care/management*
• ARDS*
• Aspiration*
• Bronchoscopy*
• COVID*
• Cystic fibrosis*
• Fresh tracheostomy*
• Albuterol*
• Atrovent*
• Combivent*
• Flovent*
• Inhaled Flolan*
• Inhaled steroids*
• Mucomyst*
• Nitric Oxide (INo)*
• Pulmicort*
• Racemic epinephrine*
• Spiriva*
• Tobramycin*
• Xopenex*
• Aerosol set up mask*
• Aerosol set up trach*
• Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)*
• Hand held*
• T-piece*
• Trach collar*
• Bag and mask*
• ET Tube*
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)*
• Trach collar*
• BiPAP*
• Flow-by*
• CPAP*
• High frequency oscillator*
• IMV (intermittent Mandatory Ventilation)*
• Troubleshooting high pressure alarms*
• Weaning from mechanical ventilation*
• Assist in high risk delivery*
• Bivent*
• Bubble CPAP*
• Capillary blood gases*
• CPAP/Nasal CPAP/BIPAP*
• IMV/SIMV*
• Intubation Assist*
• Neonatal transports (inter-departmental)*
• Oscillating Ventilator*
• Pressure/Volume Ventilator*
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia*
• Near drowning*
• Respiratory distress syndrome*
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)*
• Transient Tachypnea of the newborn*
• Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)*
• Basic EKG*
• Chest Physiotherapy*
• Drawing arterial blood gases*
• NICU
• Pediatrics

Unit Details
Staffing & Scheduling
• Scheduling Type : -
• Patient Ratios Days : -
• Patient Ratios Nights : -
• Patient Ratios Weekends : -
• Float Required : -
• Call Required : -
• Weekend Coverage : -
• Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract : every other weekend
• Pre-Approved Time Off : one
• Orientation Hours : 36

Facility & Patient Care Details
• Patient Age Groups : Neonates, Adolescents, Infants, Adults, Pediatrics, Geriatrics
• Daily Census : -
• Number of Visits Per Day : -
• Number of Rooms : -
• Number of Beds : -

Additional Unit Information
• Interdisciplinary Support : Respiratory Services
• Patient Diagnoses : -
• Special Procedures/Unit Details : -
• Special Equipment : -