RRT - NICU/PICU
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick

RRT-NICU

Overview

• Role: RRT - NICU/PICU
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Specialty: Respiratory / Neuro Diagnostics
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours, 19:00–7:30
• Hours per week: 36

Required Qualifications

• Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU with 1.5 years of experience
• Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Procedure
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• Experience working with PICU patients
• Experience working with NICU Level 3 patients
• Experience working with Pediatric patients
• Experience in a Pediatric ER/ED setting
• Apnea monitor
• Assist with high-risk deliveries
• Interdepartmental neonatal transports
• Umbilical blood gases
• High-frequency jet and oscillatory ventilation
• Inhaled iNO
• Experience with Epic

Clinical Experience / Skills

• NICU, PICU, Pediatrics, and PEDs ED experience
• Apnea monitor
• Assist with high-risk deliveries
• Interdepartmental neonatal transports
• Umbilical blood gases
• Bag-mask ventilation
• ETT
• HFNC
• O2 tanks
• T-piece
• Trach collar
• Nasal/oral airway placement and suctioning
• ETT/NT suctioning
• Extubation
• Intubation assist
• Tracheostomy care
• BiPAP
• CPAP
• High-frequency jet and oscillatory ventilation
• Troubleshooting high-pressure alarms
• Weaning from mechanical ventilation
• Arterial punctures
• Draw and interpret ABGs
• Handheld nebulizer
• T-piece nebulizer
• Trach collar nebulizer
• Inhaled iNO

Scheduling

• Every other weekend
• Must work or provide on-call coverage for 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 winter holidays, as needed

Charting

• Epic required

Floating

• Must float within skill set without exception to NICU, PICU, PEDs, and Peds ED

Additional Notes

• First-time travelers accepted
• Locals accepted at the same rate
• Government-issued photo ID required
• Respiratory medical clearance is required prior to start
• Negative TB or chest X-ray is required
• Physical exam is required
• Drug screening is required
• References are required
• Employment application or resume with 7 years of work history is required