Travel Respiratory Therapist
Louisville, KY
Nightingale Nurses - Allied
3x12 hrs, Nights

Shift: 530p-6a, weekends per unit Required: BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, RRT, IN license, 2 years minimum experience with 1 year of that in critical care setting ; Duties:  Job Summary: The Respiratory Care Practitioner will report to work on time and ready to work in a quiet professional manner, following hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Provide quality care as ordered by the patient's physicians. Responsible for the initiation of respiratory protocols and/or the evaluation of protocol steps that include all modalities of therapy. Serves as a member of the patient care team to assess, develop care plans, evaluate appropriateness of respiratory care modalities, and assist with discharge planning as needed. Provide patient and family education related to medications and therapy modalities appropriate to assessed learning skills. Participate in monitoring quality of care. Organizes workflow to maintain smooth transition between shifts. Assist in the day-to-day operations of the respiratory care services by neat and accurate documentation, entering charges for patient billing, monitoring and ordering supplies and medications, and other duties as assigned. Maintains current knowledge via hospital and department communication tools. Identifies problems and recommends ideas and solutions. Demonstrates critical thinking skills. Participates/Provides in-service training. Job Responsibilities: -Performs and completely documents cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, airway management, ventilator management, oximetry, intermittent and continuous therapy safely within assigned shift. -Takes responsibility for improving job knowledge and skills. Performs Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT) as assigned. -Demonstrates the ability to assess and evaluate Respiratory Care Protocols and the continuation of therapy. Follows ATS criteria in the performance of PFT. -Complies with requirements for employment as defined by Norton Healthcare and department