Travel Respiratory Therapist - $2,156 per week

Tact Staff is seeking a travel Respiratory Therapist for a travel job in Toledo, Ohio. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: Respiratory Therapist Discipline: Allied Health Professional Start Date: 12/03/2024 Duration: 13 weeks 40 hours per week Shift: 8 hours Employment Type: Travel Must obtain NRP prior to start date Must have experience with assisting in high risk deliveries Floating required as needed within the Metro Region between Toledo, Flower, Bay Park Hospitals - This includes mid shift floating when needed to ensure all guaranteed hours are worked. Rooms: 700 beds Patient Age Group Required: Adults and Geriatrics Peds (preferred) Therapist will assist in pediatrics and with Peds ER patients so must be comfortable with all ages, doe not have to have specific Pediatric hospital experience. Helpful to have recent high risk delivery experience. Must be comfortable with basic pediatrics Resp Therapy care. 7 adult ICUs with 16 beds each, pediatric and adult acute care. Treats and educates all patient populations with diagnoses including but not limited to; asthma, COPD, emphysema, pneumonia, and non-pulmonary diagnoses. Performs both general and critical care to include but not limited to; medication delivery, bronchopulmonary hygiene and hyperinflation therapy, initiation, management, and weaning of invasive and non-invasive ventilation, airway management and suction, cuff and ETCO2 monitoring, intubation assist, extubation, and maintenance of indwelling lines. Responds to rapid responses and emergency codes, and performs CPR. Blood gas sampling and analysis, specimen collection and spontaneous breathing parameters. preferred experience - Changing tubing and bags for invasive lines/arterial lines is RRT’s responsibility on Toledo and Bay Park campuses. Work Setting Experience: Adult Critical Care, Emergency Department Airway Management Devices/Suctioning Required: Endrotracheal tube/suctioning, Extubation, Nasal airway placement, Nasal airway suctioning, Oral airway placement, Oropharyngeal/suctioning, Pulmonary Hygiene, Sputum specimen collection, Tracheostomy/suctioning Care of the Patient With: Bronchoscopy Medication Administration Required: Albuterol, Atrovent, Combivent, Flovent, Inhaled steroids, Perforomist, Pulmicort, Racemic epinephrine, Spiriva, Xopenex Medication Delivery Systems Required: Aerosol set up mask, Aerosol set up trach, Medihaler, Metered dose inhaler Nebulizer Required: Hand held, T-piece, Trach collar Oxygen therapy Required: High Flow Nasal Cannula, Trach collar Ventilator Management Required: BiPAP, CPAPA, Weaning from mechanical ventilation Neonatal/Peds Produces Required: Assist in high risk delivery Professional Knowledge and Skills Required: ABG interpretation Epic Required Equipment Experience: Servo I, Avea, Bella Vista Required Certifications and Licenses: BLS, ACLS, NRP, OH RRT Minimum Experience Required: 1 year Unit Accepts first-time Travelers Scrub color Grey No local travelers within 50 miles Tact Medical Staffing Job ID 495895. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Therapist - Respiratory Therapist About Tact Staff Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level. Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses and allied professionals with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you. Be Adventurous, Make a Difference , Travel with Tact. Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse or allied professional is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourself, to explore a new place, and try amazing food Make a Difference - Nurses and allied professionals make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unnoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses and allied professionals in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do. Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter. Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want and don't want in a travel assignment.