Respiratory Therapist - Critical Care Nights
Peoria, IL
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Respiratory Therapist (Respiratory Therapy)

Location: Peoria, Illinois Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12 hours per shift (0630-1900 or 1830-0700), 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• BLS (AHA)
• RRT or CRT certification through NBRC
• Experience in a large (300+ bed) critical care facility
• Experience in critical care
• Has not worked at any facility in the system in the past year
• Active Illinois license, or confirmation that the licensure application has been initiated
• Negative drug screen for all panels (the facility is a drug-free campus)

Preferred Qualifications

• RRT over CRT

Application Requirements

• Clinician's middle initial
• Requested time off

Patient Care and Practice

• Target workload: about 26-28 AARC points per day
• Patients: general medicine, intermediate, and ICU patients
• Ventilators: Servo U, Servo i, LTV
• Other equipment: Trilogy (BiPAP), ResMed S9 (CPAP), Fisher Paykel (heated high flow)
• A respiratory manager, supervisor, or lead therapist is on each shift. This person is a team lead who does not take an assignment and serves as a resource.
• A hospitalist and an intensivist are in house 24/7.

Schedule

• Weekends: every other weekend, Saturday and Sunday, days and nights
• Holidays: every other holiday
• No call or standby requirement
• No floating in respiratory therapy
• Call-off policy: equivalent of 12 hours every 13 weeks, with no penalty or need to pay for the shift

Orientation

• 12 non-billable hours, during which guaranteed hours do not apply
• First 12 hours: EHR training, ventilator review, IPV and specialty item review
• Second and third 12-hour days with a preceptor, then independent

Other Details

• Local placements accepted for clinicians with permanent addresses within 50 miles
• Scrubs: any color; scrubs are not provided