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:

Previous Employment Requirements: Former employees are eligible for a travel assignment once they have been away from the facility for 6 months or more

Current employees are ineligible to be hired as a traveler at any Ohio State University hospital location

Required Skills/Experience

Required Skills: Adult Critical Care Emergency Department Aerosol set up mask Aerosol set up trach Medihaler Nasal airway suctioning Oral/nasal Suctioning Tracheostomy care/management Hand held nebulizer T-piece nebulizer Trach collar Troubleshooting high pressure alarms Weaning from mechanical ventilation

Preferred Skills/Experience: Preferred Vent: GE 860

Preferred Skills: Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)* Albuterol* Atrovent* Bicarbonate* Combivent* Flovent* Inhaled Flolan* Inhaled steroids* Isuprel* Ketamine* Lidocaine* Mucomyst* Nitric Oxide (INo)* Perforomist* Pulmicort* Racemic epinephrine* Spiriva* Terbutaline Sulfate* Theophylline* Tobramycin* Xopenex* BiPAP* CPAP* Extubation* Nasal airway placement* Oral airway placement* Pulmonary Hygiene* Sputum specimen collection* High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)* Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)*

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

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: Special Procedures/Unit Details: Med/Surg floors and PCU

Types of Patients on Unit: Adults, Geriatrics

Patient Diagnoses: COPD Asthma Cancer

Equipment Used on Unit: GE Ventilators

Special Requests: RTO required with submission, must be built into contract

NO RTO requests on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Ev,e and Christmas Day will be considered.

Shift & Scheduling: Weekdays and some weekends.