Respiratory Therapist

Opportunity:

Respiratory Therapist - Registered Respiratory Therapist

Job Details:

• Provide cardiopulmonary services as a registered or certified Respiratory Therapist
• Follow protocols approved by medical staff and department policies and procedures
• Deliver timely diagnostic and therapeutic services to inpatients and outpatients
• Assist physicians with invasive and non-invasive procedures
• Deliver medicated aerosols via medical compressed gas
• Maintain airways and perform ventilator management and weaning
• Perform insertion of arterial lines and intubations
• Conduct pulmonary function studies and cardiac and pulmonary stress tests
• Perform blood gas analysis
• Manage tracheostomy, ET tube, CPAP, BiPAP, and nebulizer treatments
• Minimum 2 years of recent experience with ventilator management required
• Must hold NBRC RRT or CRT certification
• Must hold a valid Florida Respiratory Therapist license
• Required certifications: ACLS and BLS (must be through the American Heart Association)