Easter Seals Jobs

Respiratory Therapist - NICU Offering sign on bonus up to $7000 Requisition ID 2024-53908 Category Respiratory Therapy Overview Offering sign on bonus up to $7000 0.9 FTE, working 36 hours per week, Night Shift (7pm-7am), every other weekend Competitve benefits package & pay offered based on experience level Accepting experienced & new grad RTs Summary: The Neonatal Registered Respiratory Therapist specializes in the promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary function and health. They apply scientific principles to prevent, identify, and treat acute or chronic dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system. All goals are to ensure best patient outcomes. Respiratory Therapists are authorized to access the unit medication rooms or bedside medication drawers in order to retrieve medications they are authorized to administer. Why Nationwide Children's Hospital? The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children's Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose. Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission. We're 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we'll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere. Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children's badge what they do for a living. They'll tell you it's More Than a Job. It's a calling. It's a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere. Nationwide Children's Hospital. A Place to Be Proud. Responsibilities Responsibilities: 1. Reviews the patient chart for current respiratory care orders. Reviews other patient data (e.g., PFT's, ABG's, and history) to ensure appropriate planning and administration of ordered therapy. 2. Assesses the patient's cardio-respiratory status using techniques such as inspection, auscultation, lab values and X-rays to aide in the delivery of ordered therapy. 3. Assesses and documents the effectiveness of ordered respiratory care treatments. Monitors responses to therapy using clinical parameters such as HR, RR, color, WOB, and LOC. 4. Works closely with physicians and other health care team members. Recommends alternative modes of therapy when applicable. 5. Administers IPPB, PD&P, aerosol therapy, pulse oximetry, peak flows, oxygen, humidification therapy and other airway clearance devices. Delivers medications primarily by the aerosol route. Prepares and administers surfactant therapy. Performs and analyzes arterial blood gas samples. Performs set-up, calibration, and troubleshooting of the equipment for administration of medical gases (e.g., nitric oxide, carbair, carbogen, nitrogen) for cardiopulmonary conditions as ordered by the physician. Makes recommendations for management of the patient receiving the gas. Accurately documents all therapy performed. 6. Sets up, calibrates, and troubleshoots ventilators and O2 delivery devices. Assists in the cleaning and processing of equipment. 7. Performs ventilator management in all areas. Works