Registered Respiratory Therapist
West Burlington, Iowa
Great River Medical Center

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Overview

• Location: West Burlington, Iowa
• Employment type: LTA
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 12-hour nights, 18:00 - 06:30
• Schedule: Every other weekend required, every other holiday rotation required, on-call once every scheduling period
• Coverage: May cover other shifts as needed

Role Summary

Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Primary responsibility includes all respiratory care modalities, supervising respiratory care students, initiating and conducting therapeutic procedures, maintaining patient records, and selecting, assembling, checking, and operating equipment. Provides care for neonate, infant, toddler, school age, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Respiratory Therapist license in Iowa
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (2 years of experience)
• Registered Respiratory Therapist experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• PALS
• NRP
• Experience in Educator roles
• Driver's License
• Experience with Epic

Preferred Qualifications

• Some pediatric experience

Onboarding / Compliance

• Influenza vaccine or facility declination accepted
• Education verification
• Drug screen
• Skills checklist
• Pre-orientation CBL acknowledgement
• Epic registration acknowledgement form
• COVID-19 vaccine declination accepted
• MMR
• Fit test
• Hepatitis B
• TB test
• Health statement
• Current driver’s license or state ID
• Varicella
• Tdap
• Background check
• Iowa adult and child abuse check
• EPLS/GSA/SAM HHS/OIG check
• SING
• I-9 attestation
• Color vision test
• Contract employee data sheet
• NSO
• OFAC
• Evergreen link
• PALS
• NRP
• Optional name change documents