Registered Respiratory Therapist
Seattle, WA
Nightingale Nurses - Allied
3x12 hrs, Days

Description: The Respiratory Therapist is either registered or certified by the National Board of Respiratory Care to provide Cardiopulmonary Services. The Respiratory Therapist is responsible for following protocols approved by the medical staff and department policy and procedures in order to provide timely diagnostic and therapeutic services to both inpatients and outpatients. Responsibilities include: assisting physicians with invasive and non-invasive procedures, delivery of medicated aerosols via medical compressed gas, maintaining airways, ventilator management, insertion of arterial lines, intubations, pulmonary function studies, cardiac and pulmonary stress tests, and blood gases. Facility Requirements: Must have NBRC RRT or CRT certification, must be attached to submission packet Must have WA RT license, must be attached to resume Must have ACLS & BLS certifications, these must be attached to the submission (Must be through the American Heart Association)