Registered Respiratory Therapist - Contract

Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs) Ventilator Management. Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred Work Settings.

1830 12-HOURS
Must be OK with floating to Petaluma

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Years of Experience:
  2 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  -
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  Preferred
• Community Hospital Experience:
  Required
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  Preferred
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  Preferred
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  ACLS, BLS, CA license, NRP, PALS, RRT
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Work Settings

  Adult Critical Care
  Emergency Department
  Pediatrics*
  Transports*

  Medication Delivery Systems

  Aerosol set up mask
  Aerosol set up trach
  Medihaler
  Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)

  Medication Administration

  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

  Neonatal/Pediatrics - Equipment/procedures

  Apnea Monitor*
  Assist in high risk delivery*
  Bubble CPAP*
  CPAP/Nasal CPAP/BIPAP*
  IMV/SIMV*
  Intubation Assist*

  Care of Patient With

  ARDS
  Aspiration
  Bronchoscopy
  COVID*
  Cystic fibrosis*
  Fresh tracheostomy
  Pneumonia

  Oxygen therapy

  Bag and mask
  ET Tube
  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
  Oxygen tanks
  T-piece
  Trach collar

  Professional Knowledge and Skills

  Basic EKG*
  Chest Physiotherapy
  Chest Physiotherapy: Vest
  Drawing arterial blood gases
  Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)

  Ventilator Management

  BiPAP
  CPAP
  Flow-by
  Patient Transport (inter-departmental and ambulance transport)
  SIMV (Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation)
  Troubleshooting high pressure alarms
  Weaning from mechanical ventilation

  Care of the Infant/Child With

  Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia*
  Near drowning*
  Respiratory distress syndrome*
  Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)*
  Transient Tachypnea of the newborn*

  Airway Management Devices/Suctioning

  Extubation
  Intubation Assist
  Nasal airway placement
  Nasal airway suctioning
  Oral airway placement
  Oral/nasal Suctioning
  Pulmonary Hygiene
  Sputum specimen collection
  Suctioning (ETT, NT)
  Tracheostomy care/management

  Nebulizer

  Hand held
  Heated*
  T-piece
  Trach collar
  Ultrasonic

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