Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist - $2,802 per week Job Listing at Altru Health System in Grand Forks, ND (Job ID 5632275-2024-10-25)

Description

Certification Details
• Respiratory Therapist | North Dakota State Board of Respiratory Care | Prior to Start Date
• Respiratory Therapist | Minnesota Board of Medical Practice | Within 6 Months of Start Date
• Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association (AHA) | Within 90 days of Start Date
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) | American Heart Association (AHA) | Within 6 Months of Start Date
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) | RQI Partners | Within 6 Months of Start Date
• New graduates must obtain registry from National Board for Respiratory Care within 12 Months of Start Date (RRT)

Job Details
• 2 positions
• 13 weeks
• The hours are 1 position - Straight days every weekend every other holiday. Call required. 2nd position - Straight weekends and every other holiday. Call required.
• The NICU Respiratory Therapist performs and documents evaluations and patient assessments.
• This position provides diagnostic and therapeutic treatment and appropriate education.
• The therapist identifies significant changes in patient's condition and documents appropriately.

Job Requirements
• Provides diagnostic and therapeutic treatment and physician assistance.
• Provides appropriate patient education, family teaching and support which correlate to the patient and family needs. Documents appropriately.
• Identifies significant changes in patient's condition and takes appropriate action, as evidenced in reporting, staffing and documentation. Communicates pertinent information to appropriate caregivers. Documents appropriately.
• Performs pain assessment and takes appropriate action according to standard operating procedure.
• Completes all documentation, including order entry, verification, electronic medical record (EMR), medication charting, patient safety/incident variance reports, equipment repair tags, etc. according to standard operating procedure.
• Processes patient charges. Runs and verifies reports as needed.
• Disassembles, cleans, assembles respiratory equipment and performs preventative maintenance according to standard operating procedure. Properly tags equipment in need of preventative maintenance, safety check or repair and notified appropriate department and/or delivers equipment to them.
• Responsible for the transport of infants to/from referral health systems. Provides high quality critical care in accordance with the patient care guidelines established by the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Schedule Information
• Straight days, weekends, holidays with call requirements.

Unit Specific Information
• NICU Respiratory Therapist position