Registered Respiratory Therapist, Float
Cleveland Clinic
Registered Respiratory Therapist
Cleveland Clinic
part-time
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Location: Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide assessment, treatment, care and evaluation to patients with respiratory insufficiencies.
- Implement and monitor patient care plans.
- Assess patients for the appropriate type and frequency of treatment and develop, implement and monitor patient care plans.
- Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions.
- Perform advanced respiratory care modalities, evaluate respiratory practice, administer medications and treatments, and perform blood gas puncture and analysis.
- Educate patients and families about the illness and provide information about community support groups and other programs.
- Perform other duties such as IV insertion, ECGs, peripheral phlebotomy and more.
- Work 7:00PM – 7:30AM with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy program.
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
- Ohio Respiratory Care Professional (RCP) Board Licensure.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).
- 3-5 years of experience in a critical care setting.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Respiratory Care
- Preferred: Previous experience working in an expanded, multiskilled RT role (re: IV insertion, managing a POC lab, AMET team experience, etc.)
- Preferred: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Neonatal Pediatric Specialist (NPS) certification.
