PRN Critical Care Respiratory Therapist

1103 Team Member Services; Sebring (FL); On-site; USD 39,000 - 72,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

PTO from Day One

403-B Retirement Plan

4 Weeks 100% Paid Parental Leave

Career Development

Whole Person Well-being Resources

Mental Health Resources and Support

Pet Benefits

Job summary

AdventHealth Sebring seeks a dedicated Respiratory Therapist to support airway management, ventilation, and patient assessment in a dynamic hospital environment.

You will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, document thoroughly in the EMR, and participate in critical care procedures while providing compassionate care to diverse patient populations. This PRN Day shift role offers growth and meaningful patient impact.

Qualifications

• Critical thinking and patient assessment skills, with the ability to evaluate and modify plan of care [Required]
• Ability to ensure infection control [Required]
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including documentation in the patient care record (EMR), and ability to use and adapt to computer systems and applications [Required]
• Airway management skills, including insertion and maintenance of a patent airway, including endotracheal intubation [Required]
• Ability to provide optimal respiratory support including administration of oxygen and other inhaled gases, administer medications including inhaled vasodilators and nebulized opioids to the respiratory system, lung expansion, and bronchial hygiene therapy [Required]
• Ability to appropriately initiate, operate, manage, and liberate non-invasive, invasive, and advanced modes of mechanical ventilation, including High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation [Required]
• Ability to perform ABG Puncture, analysis, arterial cannulation using sterile procedure, and hemodynamic monitoring [Required]
• Ventilator patient transportation [Required]
• Knowledge and skill to care for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a health care delivery system [Preferred]
• Experience caring for patients in the Emergency Room [Preferred]
• Knowledge and skill for neonatal patient care—including newborn oxygen therapy, arterial blood gas sampling, stabilization, and ventilator care—as applicable [Preferred]
• Experience with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump management and initiation [Preferred]
• Infant and pediatric experience (may be campus specific) [Preferred]

Responsibilities

• Perform airway maintenance, including manual resuscitators, suctioning, intubation, extubating, and tracheostomy tube changes per facility needs.
• Delivers inhaled medications, bronchial hygiene therapy, and lung expansion therapy, and manages patients receiving inhaled gases.
• Documents and charges for procedures accurately and completely.
• Responds to Code Blue emergencies immediately, providing CPR according to American Heart Association guidelines.
• Assesses and makes appropriate decisions and interventions according to patient evaluation and needs.
• Sets patient goals and develops a plan of care with the multidisciplinary team.
• Monitors, evaluates, and interprets diagnostic data, including lab results.
• Communicates effectively with the multidisciplinary team.
• Completes department orientation, critical care training, and advanced critical care training programs.
• Practices standard precautions and enforces safety regulations according to hospital policies.
• Provides respiratory care to patients on invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilators, including transport and monitoring.
• Performs hemodynamic procedures, including arterial cannulation, pulmonary artery catheter insertion, and cardiac output profiles per facility needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Critical thinking

Infection control

Oral & written communication

Airway management

Ventilation support

ABG puncture

Pediatric care

ER experience

IABP management

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Job description

AdventHealth Sebring seeks a dedicated Respiratory Therapist to support airway management, ventilation, and patient assessment in a dynamic hospital environment.

You will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, document thoroughly in the EMR, and participate in critical care procedures while providing compassionate care to diverse patient populations. This PRN Day shift role offers growth and meaningful patient impact.