Registered Respiratory Therapist - NICU/PICU
Fargo, ND
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Location

• Fargo, North Dakota

Contract

• 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• 12-hour day/night rotating shifts
• Every other weekend and rotating holidays

Specialty

• NICU/PICU respiratory therapy

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of recent respiratory therapist experience
• Experience in NICU and/or PICU patient populations
• Level IV NICU experience, including high-frequency ventilation (Jet & HFOV), nitric oxide, high-risk deliveries, and gestational ages 22 weeks and above
• Ventilator experience with micro preemies in a Level IV NICU
• BLS (AHA)
• NRP
• PALS (AHA)
• North Dakota respiratory therapist license, or willingness to apply within 72 hours of offer acceptance

Preferred

• ACLS

Work Setting

• Inpatient respiratory therapy care
• Level IV NICU, PICU, pediatric, adult ICU, and emergency department exposure

Key Duties

• Respiratory therapy assessments and protocols
• Arterial punctures and blood gas analysis
• Ventilator and noninvasive ventilation management
• Medication delivery and airway clearance
• Assist with intubations, tracheostomy changes, decannulation, and extubations
• Emergency response support, ICU rounds, and intrahospital transport
• Support for high-risk deliveries

Schedule / Staffing

• Will not work alone
• Opportunity to pick up extra shifts
• May train to another campus if needed

Orientation

• Lab orientation with respiratory therapy education staff
• Preceptor shifts with unit respiratory therapists

Additional Notes

• Candidate must be able to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Must badge in and out
• Scrub color: steel gray for Peds/PICU or blue hospital-provided scrubs for NICU