Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist - $1,842 per week

Company: Geisinger Community Medical Center
Location: Scranton
Posted on: October 25, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Basic Life Support Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Member of National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification - Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• Registered Respiratory Therapist - National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)
• S.T.A.B.L.E. Certified - The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program
  • Job Details
  • Assesses patients' respiratory care needs based on a variety of data.
  • Plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates treatment modalities to meet those needs.
  • Ensures the very best patient/family experience by optimizing all customer interaction.
    • Job Requirements
    • Consistently performs and documents thorough patient assessments.
    • Establishes appropriate care plans.
    • Communicates with other members of the patient care team.
    • Correctly performs and documents routine therapeutic modalities.
    • Initiates and manages conventional and high frequency mechanical ventilators according to established protocol.
    • Provides appropriate, age-specific, patient and family education as it relates to disease management.
    • Assists in intra-hospital transport of mechanically ventilated patients.
    • Responsible for acute airway management in emergent situations.
    • Sets up and manages non-invasive monitoring.
    • Assists with discharge planning for patients needing respiratory related DME supplies, follows appropriate insurance guidelines.
    • Adheres to regulatory requirements and safety standards.
    • Adheres to institutional and nationally established standards of care.
    • Collects arterial blood gas samples and processes through point of care blood analyzers.
    • Maintains the confidentially of patient information.
    • Functions as the Shift Coordinator after one year of employment.
    • Assists the medical team in the performance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy procedures.
    • Assists the medical team with the placement invasive monitoring lines and obtains hemodynamic measurements and calculations.
    • Assists in the intra-hospital transport of age-specific patient groups.
    • Functions as a preceptor for orientees and students in their clinical rotation.
      • Schedule Information
      • Full time 7P-7:30A, 3 12-hour shifts per week.
      • Every other weekend and holiday.
      • Primarily evening shift.
        • Additional Details
        • Start Date Must be Identical.
        • End Date Must be Identical.
        • All Requested Time Off (RTO) must be disclosed at the time of submission.
        • Time off requested after the acceptance date will not be approved.

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