Therapy - RRT

Cynet Health; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Cynet Health in Kentucky is seeking a Respiratory Therapist for a 13-week assignment. The role involves managing patient care on a 3x12 First Shift schedule, with 12-hour shifts and no minimum experience requirement beyond licensure.

The therapist will provide ventilator support and critical care therapies in a fast-paced setting. Qualified candidates hold a state respiratory therapy license, with certifications like RRT, BLS, ACLS and possibly PALS/NRP as determined by the hiring manager.

Qualifications

• Must have state respiratory therapy license appropriate for facility location.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist credential preferred.
• BLS, ACLS; PALS may be required depending on unit.
• NRP required for Neonatal population in some cases.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat, and monitor patients with respiratory diseases and conditions.
• Provide invasive and non-invasive ventilator support.
• Perform arterial and capillary blood gas sampling; analyze results.
• Educate patients and families on therapy, diseases and medications.
• Document patient assessments and therapy in the medical record.

Skills

Active listening

Communication

Team collaboration

Responsibility

Education

State respiratory therapy license

Tools

Ventilators

Vital signs monitors

Pulmonary function testing equipment

Job description

Therapy - RRT

Profession: Healthcare

Specialty: Respiratory Therapy

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 3x12 First Shift

Hours per Shift: 12

Experience: No Experience required

License: State respiratory therapy license appropriate for facility location

Certifications:

• Registered Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care
• BLS
• ACLS
• PALS (except for candidates in Pulmonary Function Testing as determined by the hiring manager)
• NRP (required for candidates working with the Neonatal population, not required for candidates in Pulmonary Function Testing as determined by the hiring manager)

Must-Have:

• Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations
• Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language
• Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly

Description:The certified respiratory therapist assesses, treats, and monitors patients with respiratory diseases and conditions.This includes the delivery of medicated and non-medicated therapy as ordered by the provider.Additionally, therapists provide invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilator support for acute respiratory failure.As part of patient assessment and management, the therapist performs diagnostic test procedures.Therapists assist in departmental operations by contributing to quality improvement projects, equipment, and supplies.The certified therapist follows all applicable rules and regulations established by the licensure board depending on the state in which respiratory therapy is practiced.

Job Responsibilities:Responds to emergency situations throughout the facility, including code blue and rapid response situations.Attends and provides appropriate patient support in high-risk delivery situations, including the care of compromised newborns.Manages airways, including care and maintenance of endotracheal and tracheostomy tubes.Assesses and monitors patients on invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support, adjusting parameters as ordered to ensure optimum patient outcomes.Performs and/or assists with advanced specialty procedures such as endotracheal tube insertion, arterial line placement, and bronchoscopy.Performs provider-prescribed medicated therapy, including small volume nebulizers and meter dose inhalers, utilizing safe medication administration standards.Performs provider-prescribed therapeutic procedures such as chest physiotherapy, oscillating positive expiratory pressure, and positive expiratory pressure.Provides oxygen therapy, adjusting as appropriate for patient needs and provider orders.Completes patient assessments and provides appropriate recommendations to providers.Educates patients and significant others on therapy, respiratory disease, and medications.Completes pulmonary function testing as ordered, maintaining national standards for testing procedures.Completes neurodiagnostic studies such as electroencephalograms as ordered, maintaining national standards for testing procedures.Completes cardiac testing such as 12-lead electrocardiograms and Holter monitoring.Performs arterial and capillary blood gas sampling.Analyzes and interprets laboratory tests such as blood gases.Completes and documents oximetry studies.Documents patient assessments, therapy, and other pertinent patient information in the medical record.Verbally provides pertinent patient information to others for ongoing care and shared decision making, such as shift reports and transfers to alternate levels of care.Provides education to peers and students.Reviews and responds to departmental communication, including email.Participates in situational debriefs.Engages in ongoing departmental and facility processes such as quality improvement, risk, and safety.Attends and participates in departmental meetings including monthly department meetings, huddle boards, and in-services.Communicates with departmental leadership regarding concerns, issues, and events.Cleans and prepares equipment for use, such as invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilators and therapeutic gas delivery devices.Ensures the proper functioning of departmental analyzers.Evaluates and communicates equipment or supply needs.