NICU Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory Therapist needed in Ohio

Overall Assignment Amount: $39,338

Overall Weekly Amount: $3,026

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 13-week assignment

3 or 4 - 12 hour shifts available

Nightshift 7p-7a

Requirements:

• Licensure: Active Ohio License
• Certification: AHA BLS, NRP, PALS & NBRC
• Experience: 2 years of RRT

Benefits:

36 Hour Option:

Overall Assignment Amount: $39,338

Overall Weekly Amount: $3,026

• $44/hr and $66/hr overtime. Weekly Taxable: $1,584
• Weekly Per Diem: $483
• Weekly Housing: $959
• Weekly nontaxable Stipends: $1,442

48 Hour Option:

Overall Assignment Amount: $48,490

Overall Weekly Amount: $3,730

• $44/hr and $66/hr overtime. Weekly Taxable: $2,288
• Weekly Per Diem: $483
• Weekly Housing: $959
• Weekly nontaxable Stipends: $1,442

Available Insurances:

• Medical Vision

• Dental Life

• ST Disability LT Disability

• Accident Critical Illness

• Hospital Indemnity

• General and Professional Liability coverage
• Worker Compensation coverage
• 401(k) Plan participation available
• Employee Referral Program

Responsibilities:

• Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders
• Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, which includes maximizing patient's pulmonary function; alleviating pain; planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy
• Meets patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by conducting pulmonary function tests; assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians and by prescription.
• Helps patient accomplish treatment plan and supports life by administering inhalants, operating mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators.
• Administers respiratory therapy treatments; assisting with breathing exercises; monitoring physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.
• Evaluates effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress, recommending adjustments and modifications.