respiratory_therapist – General

Specialty: General
Facility: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
State License: GA
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 2 year(s)
Shift: 12H Nights 7p-7a
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: Registered Respiratory TherapistFacility: Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalState License: GACerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 2 year(s)Shift: 12H Nights 7p-7aGuaranteed Hours: 36 hours per weekDescription: Unit Notes:Strict 75 mile radius ruleRRT’s only- Critical Care experience requiredMust have a minimum of 2 years of experience and 1 travel contractMust have a minimum of 2 years of experience. (300+ Beds experience required).. There will be a hospitalist who will respond to codes, but a respiratory therapist will be the first line when it comes to intubating patients, so I won t be able to take therapists who don t have that experience or are not comfortable with intubating patients. Also, our therapists have to be used to high and heavy workloadsWill interview with our internal RN’s and then their profile and the internal notes are sent to Phoebe for approval, NO Second interview will be needed.Unit: Respiratory # treatments per day: Therapists do 550 minutes per shift, average of 15 minutes per treatment. Average of 13-15 patients per shiftCerts – RRT, GA state license, BLS, ACLS, PALS, if going to NICU need NRPEMR: MeditechCharge RT: Yes, run a Charge and Clinical CoordinatorWeekend Requirement: M-Thurs team and a weekend team; you will work M-Th or F-Sun team–hours will shift, will be noted in job posting which hours neededHolidays: Rotated in with perm staff; every other holiday can be expectedCall: NoneScrub Color: Ceil blue, can wear ceil blue jacket onlyVents: Servo vents (U and I models)Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: In house 24/7 (either MDs or NP)Pharmacy 24/7: YesShifts: 645 am and pm starts; can clock in 638am-646am or 638pm-646pm, otherwise lateFloatingn/aFloor specific orientation: For floor assignments, first week is hospital and charting orientation; next week list lightened, take 300 min first day, 400 next and then 500 next and then on their own; For ICU, they will add another week of orientationTypes of patients (adults, peds, and neonates?): NICU RTs are under nursing manager for NICU; they are separate from adult needs; adult will do peds to adultsDuties : All RT duties such as nebs, airway management, vapotherm, bipap, cpap, vents, ABG collection, bedside pfts, CPT, in ICU the RT will place A line, manage blood gases, will intubate, do bronchsCommon Patient disease processes : COPD, CHF, pneumonia, resp failure, ARDS, cancers, etcAdditional Notes: Assignments are based on units; in ICU for example are up to 4 airways per therapist (airway considered a vent, heated aerosol trach off vent, etc); Average 11 therapists on days and 10 or 11 on nights based on unit needs; floor therapist needs minimum one year experience, if critical care need minimum of 2 yearsAdditional Questions: Are they able to work critical care? They must be able to work adult ICU and work the vents. They will teach them A lines, will need to feel confident making suggestions for vent management, read ABGs and alert critical values. Cancellation Policy:12 hours every 2 weeks Charting System:MEDITECH BSN Required:False License to Submit:Yes Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division:Allied Shift Notes:7p-7a Required Certifications:ACLS, BLS Certification, PALS