Position/Specialty: Respiratory Therapist
Years of Experience Req: 2 year
Weekend Requirement: Every other
Shift: 7p-7:30a
RTO, Block & Special Scheduling Requests: ALL requests must be included with the submission. Requests will only be accommodated if approved by the facility at the time of booking.
Call off Policy: Facility is allowed to call off 1 shift per 2 weeks.
Accept First-Time Travelers: Yes
Locals Accepted? Radius Rule: Yes. Refer to the Submittal Instructions for radius rule criteria.
Pending License Accepted? No. Must have an active RRT SC in hand
Required Certifications: ACLS, BLS
Patient Population: Adults/Geriatrics
Summary of Required Skills:
• Must be proficient in Adult Critical Care Work settings, Extubation, Nasal airway placements, suctioning, oral airway placement, oral suctioning, pulmonary hygiene, sputum specimen collection, tracheostomy care.
• Must be experienced with administering albuterol, Atrovent, combivent, flovent, inhaled steroids, ispurel, lidocaine, perforomist, pulmicyn, racemic epinephrine, spiriva, terbutaline sulfate, tobramycin, xopenex.
• Must be experienced in delivering medication through aerosol set up mask, aerosol set up trach, Medihaler, Metered Dos inhaler.
• Must have experience with Hand held, T-piece and Trach collar nebulizers.
• Must have experience with high flow nasal cannula and trach collar oxygen therapy.
• Must be experience with BiPaP, CPAP, Troubleshooting high pressure alarms, and weaning from mechanical ventilation.
Experience Required: Must have Trauma Level 1 experience
Floating: While Prisma Health prioritizes keeping staff in their home unit, agency staff are required to float to other units or campuses as needed. Floating is limited to areas where staff are qualified and have documented competencies.
Charting: 1 yr of EPIC experience required
COVID-19 Vaccine: Not Required
Flu Vaccine: Required - No Exemptions
Job Requirements & Qualifications
Previous Charge Experience : -
Years of Experience : 2
Patient Ratio Experience :
Charting System Experience : Required
Charting System Name : Epic
Community Hospital Experience : -
LTAC Experience : -
Trauma Level I Experience : Required
Trauma Level II Experience : -
Travel Experience Required : -
Certifications : ACLS, BLS, RRT
Skills :
• Emergency Department*
• Bicarbonate*
• Inhaled Flolan*
• Ketamine*
• Mucomyst*
• Nitric Oxide (INo)*
• Theophylline*
• Adult Critical Care
• Extubation
• Nasal airway placement
• Nasal airway suctioning
• Oral airway placement
• Oral/nasal Suctioning
• Pulmonary Hygiene
• Sputum specimen collection
• Tracheostomy care/management
• Albuterol
• Atrovent
• Combivent
• Flovent
• Inhaled steroids
• Isuprel
• Lidocaine
• Perforomist
• Pulmicort
• Racemic epinephrine
• Spiriva
• Terbutaline Sulfate
• Tobramycin
• Xopenex
• Aerosol set up mask
• Aerosol set up trach
• Medihaler
• Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)
• Hand held
• T-piece
• Trach collar
• High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Trach collar
• BiPAP
• CPAP
• Troubleshooting high pressure alarms
• Weaning from mechanical ventilation
• Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
Unit Details Staffing & Scheduling
Scheduling Type : Other
Patient Ratios Days : -
Patient Ratios Nights : -
Patient Ratios Weekends : -
Float Required : -
Call Required : -
Weekend Coverage : True
Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract : -
Pre-Approved Time Off : two
Orientation Hours : 36
Facility & Patient Care Details
Patient Age Groups : Adults, Geriatrics
Daily Census : -
Number of Visits Per Day : -
Number of Rooms : -
Number of Beds : 800
Additional Unit Information
Interdisciplinary Support : Respiratory Services, Rapid Response Teams, Transportation
Patient Diagnoses : -
Special Procedures/Unit Details : All adult respiratory modalities. Ventilator, treatments, transports
Level Trauma experience preferred
Special Equipment : Required experience with Servo U
Travel Compliance Extensions: Effective 2/1/26 (Nursing only, excluding CVOR) Travelers cannot extend for a 4th consecutive contract. Travelers will need to begin the process of converting to an employee status after working their third consecutive 13-week contract or after 39 weeks. If the traveler does not wish to convert to a team member status, they will be required to take a minimum six-month separation before they are eligible to return as a traveler for the organization.
Travelers must be 100 miles from every Prisma facility (regardless of where they are applying) to be eligible to travel in the system, unless they are one of the two exceptions below
• 90-99.9 miles are accepted at a 10% reduction
• 100+ miles full
Exception 1: Night shift travelers for below specialties must be 50+ miles ONLY from the contracted campus they re applying to. Full granted at 100+ miles away. 50.0-99.9 miles is 10% reduction. Under 50 miles is ineligible.
Adult Multi-Specialty
Adult Medical Tele / Adult Cardiac Tele / Progressive Care
All RRT
Exception 2: Below specialties must be 50+ miles from the relevant flagship hospital (Prisma Richland or Prisma Greenville). Full granted at 100+ miles away. 50.0-99.9 miles is a 10% reduction. Under 50 miles is ineligible.
Operating Room (including allied and SPT)
Cath Lab (including allied)
CT / MRI / IR Techs / Echo Techs
MLTs, SLPs, PTs, OTs, Dietitians
Adult ICU
Prisma Health Tuomey (All open positions)
Local radius: 60 miles For CRNAs only
Will consider nurses with 1+ years of recent experience in unit.
Orientation is every Monday.
Pre Assignment testing (all RN s) and modules required for all travelers to complete within 48 hours of receiving the login information (which usually comes within 24 hours of the nurse signing their contract). Travelers are eligible for reimbursement for hours spent completing modules (up to 16 hours) and time will be verified upon start of contract.
EMR experience: 1-year minimum experience with EPIC EMR required
Floating: Prisma Health s goal is to keep staff in their home unit. However, it is a requirement for all assignments that agency staff, regardless of unit or facility, must float to other Prisma Health units and/or campuses per request due to census concerns. Staff will only be floating to units they are qualified for and performing tasks for which competencies have already been demonstrated and documented.
Modules:
• Modules are up to 16 hours
• Modules are completed pre-start and not included in NBO, and completed annually
• Modules are recorded in transcripts by Prisma Health, time is not entered into timecards
Guaranteed Hours: Contract Weeks:91