Respiratory Therapist

Opportunity:

Respiratory Therapist - Registered Respiratory Therapist

Job Details:

• Must be registered or certified by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC RRT or CRT certification required)
• Follow protocols approved by medical staff and department policy and procedures to provide 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
• Insert arterial lines and perform intubations
• Conduct pulmonary function studies and cardiac and pulmonary stress tests
• Perform blood gas analysis
• Washington State Respiratory Therapist license required
• ACLS and BLS certifications required (must be through the American Heart Association)