RRT Pulmonary Lab

LCMC Health; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in Metairie, LA seeks a Registered Respiratory Therapist to provide comprehensive cardiopulmonary care, including ventilator management, airway support, and arterial access. You will work across procedures from bronchoscopy assistance to suctioning, with a focus on patient comfort and safety.

Required credentials include LA licensure, NBRC RRT, and ACLS/PALS/BLS certifications; shift patterns and facility needs guide scheduling.

Qualifications

• Licensed Respiratory Therapist in Louisiana (LSBME).
• NBRC-credentialed RRT.
• Current ACLS, PALS and BLS/CPR certifications.
• Ventilation and airway management expertise implied by responsibilities.
• Experience with bronchoscopy support and arterial line placement.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate proficiency in critical and general care procedures including patient assessment, ventilator management, arterial punctures, code III response, bronchoscopy assistance, intubation, monitoring equipment, airway management, endo/nasotracheal suctioning, and arterial line placement.

Skills

Ventilator management

Arterial puncture

Airway management

Intubation

Code III response

Bronchoscopy assistance

Monitoring equipment

Oxygen therapy

Incentive spirometry

Aerochamber/inhaler

Education

Licensed Respiratory Therapist (LA)

RRT – NBRC

ACLS

PALS

BLS/CPR

Job description

One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. As a Registered Respiratory Therapist, you believe in treating the whole person, and not just the disease or illness, going beyond nebulizers, inhalers and ventilators. Cardiopulmonary disorders are life-challenging and as a registered respiratory therapist, you understand arterial puncture or cannulation, artificial airway types and sizes, initial ventilatory settings for mechanical ventilation, ventilator changes based on established parameters and patient assignments to staff based on skills inventory. And as a compassionate human being, you empathize with the feeling of “I can’t breathe” from a child suffering with asthma to an elderly patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Respiratory struggles can be debilitating exhausting, so you do more than administer treatment. You go beyond...calming anxiety, easing fear, and letting your inner light shine. Seeing your patients relax and smile after liberation and alleviation of respiratory distress is why you do what you do. And that’s what we love about yo

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Your experiences, knowledge, skills, your empathy, compassion, personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this critical respiratory therapist ro

le.
Your Ever

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ers.Organize and set priorities while assuring safe operation of all equipment needed for patient care and procedures within the established guidelines and timefra

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mes.Organize and set priorities while assuring safe operation of all equipment needed for patient care and procedures within the established guidelines and timefra

y dayDemonstrate proficiency in critical and general care procedures including patient assessment, ventilator management, arterial punctures, code III response, bronchoscopy assistance, intubation, monitoring equipment, airway management, endo/nasotracheal suctioning, and arterial line placement, aerosol therapy, IPPB, CPT, oxygen therapy, incentive spirometry, aerochamber/inhaler, and peak flow meters, Miscellaneous, etc.

Minimum:Licensed Respiratory Therapist - Louisiana State Board of Medical Exam

inersRegistered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) - National Board for Respiratory Care (

NBRC)Current American Heart Association (BLS, CPR) certificat

ions.Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifica

tion.Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifica

tion.
WORK

SHIFT:Monday - Friday (Day

Shift)
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munity.Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extrao

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