2 Kentucky Respiratory Unit Jobs
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Additional Information
Required Skills/Experience:
Adult critical care experience is required.
Pediatric experience is not required, but the clinician must be willing to learn pediatric care on this assignment.
Required skills include oxygen, aerosol/MDI treatments, ventilator management, trach, CPT, suctioning, PEP therapy, ABG, and ABLS.
Will consider CRT with good experience.
First-time travelers are accepted with previous adult critical care experience.
Special Requests:
RTO approval must go through the manager.
Unit Details:
Patient types and clinical contexts include COPD, transplant center, CVICU, cystic fibrosis, asthma, heart failure, LVAD, neuro, Frazier home vents, and a few pediatric patients.
Patient load varies; in the ICU, the team tries to cap the load at 6 vents.
Uses Omnicell for medication dispensing and Philips monitors.
Unit-specific equipment includes V60 BiPAP, PB 980, NK 440, NK 550, Hamilton MR-1, Zoll, Airvo/high flow, nitric, Veletri, nocturnal BiPAP (V30 and ResMed), and transport vents, which are not different.
Nitric is managed only in CVICU.
Shift & Scheduling:
Weekend rotation: 4 weekend shifts in a month.
No call.
Holidays are as needed.
The schedule is made a month at a time.
Floating Requirements:
Could float to Frazier Rehab on the same campus as Jewish.
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Travel Respiratory Therapist Job Responsibilities & Salary
Respiratory Therapists care for patients who have pulmonary diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and who have lung dysfunction because of another condition, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by sepsis or trauma. Job responsibilities for Respiratory Therapists often include assessing patients’ breathing function, managing equipment such as oxygen delivery devices, and responding to emergency situations to provide respiratory support. Requirements for Respiratory Therapists include earning at least an associate degree and obtaining state licensure. The average annual salary for Respiratory Therapists in the United States is more than $70,000.
