Respiratory Therapist - Contract

BLS, MUST have Respiratory Care Practitioners License, RPSGT, RPSGT or RRT w/SDS, RRT, SDS. Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP) Study Types.

MUST have Respiratory Care Practitioners License

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Years of Experience:
  1 year(s)
  Note: experience with peds and adults
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  1:2
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  Preferred
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  BLS, MUST have Respiratory Care Practitioners License, RPSGT, RPSGT or RRT w/SDS, RRT, SDS
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Monitoring

  End-Tidal CO2 monitoring
  Cardiac abnormalities
  ECG
  EEG
  O2 Saturation
  Periodic Limb Movement (PLM)
  PSG
  Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP)

  Study Types

  Adult Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
  Baseline Sleep Polysomnography
  Home Sleep Test
  Pediatric Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
  Seizure Study

  Equipment

  Alice*
  ResMed*

  Staging and Scoring

  Arousal
  Cheyne-Stokes
  Complex Sleep Apnea
  Hypopnea
  Periodic Breathing
  PSG scoring
  Respiratory Events
  Sleep Stages
  Transient arousals

  Titration

  ASV
  BiPAP
  CPAP
  Oxygen administration
  VPAP

  Mask Fitting

  Full Face
  Nasal Mask
  Nasal Pillow

  Work Settings

  Hospital*
  Independent Lab*

  Professional Skills and Knowledge

  Infection control
  Patient education

  Additional Skills

  See Text Box for additional requirements

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