Pediatric Outpatient Respiratory Therapist

The Nemours Foundation; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours Children's Health in Florida seeks a Respiratory Therapist (RT) for our Pediatric Outpatient Specialty Care Clinic. The RT will perform pulmonary function testing, arterial blood gas sampling, and comprehensive patient assessments, ensuring accurate documentation in the EMR and proper specimen handling.

The role requires Florida licensure or NBRC certification, BLS, and PALS (or within 1 year). Experience of 1 year is preferred, with responsibilities spanning patient education, lab

Qualifications

• Certified as a Respiratory Therapist by NBRC or as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (US).
• Current Florida licensure as CRT or RRT in good standing.
• Current BLS certification with AHA.
• Current PALS certification or obtained within one year of employment.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine and specialty pulmonary function testing, stress testing, and metabolic assessment testing.
• Performs complete patient assessment or reassessment and educates patient/guardian to improve care outcomes.
• Performs arterial and capillary punctures for blood gas analysis.
• Maintains and orders supplies for the pulmonary function lab and ensures preventative maintenance of equipment.
• Assists with patient flow of the clinic and rooms patients for exams.
• Obtains vital signs and documents information in the EMR.
• Captures and enters patient data into the EMR and collects laboratory specimens.
• Ensures documentation such as X-rays and lab reports are available for provider review.
• Ensures provider orders are carried out, including scheduling tests and pre-authorizations; assists with bronchoscopy if needed.
• Ensures medications are stored safely and that expiration dates are checked monthly.
• Records accurate ICD-10 and CPT-4 codes.
• Documents CF NBS grant activities to meet grant deliverables.

Skills

Pulmonary function testing

Arterial blood gas sampling

Vital signs

EMR documentation

Education

NBRC Certification or RRT (US)

Florida state licensure as CRT or RRT

BLS certification

PALS certification

Minimum 1 year experience

Job description

Nemours Children's Health in Florida seeks a Respiratory Therapist (RT) for our Pediatric Outpatient Specialty Care Clinic. The RT will perform pulmonary function testing, arterial blood gas sampling, and comprehensive patient assessments, ensuring accurate documentation in the EMR and proper specimen handling.

The role requires Florida licensure or NBRC certification, BLS, and PALS (or within 1 year). Experience of 1 year is preferred, with responsibilities spanning patient education, lab