Respiratory Therapist II - Pediatrics
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Medical Center

Respiratory Therapist II - Pediatrics

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Employment Type: Clinical-Allied Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Job Summary

Works under department management and according to department policies and procedures, applying an advanced level of respiratory care knowledge in assigned patient care areas. Functions independently with minimal supervision and serves as a resource to other staff based on experience level.

Responsibilities

• Provides airway management, mechanical ventilator management, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, and respiratory care procedures to assess, prevent, stabilize, or remedy respiratory dysfunction.
• Performs standard respiratory care, including aerosol medication delivery, basic bedside pulmonary function testing, breathing exercises, oxygen therapy, and arterial punctures. Pulmonary function testing may be performed as needed. Oxygen therapy is not included in the per diem version of the job.
• Manages airways, including aspiration of established airways, tracheostomy care and tube changes, and endotracheal intubations and extubations.
• When working with air care transport, transports pediatric and neonatal patients from referral hospitals per the air care protocol. Also performs advanced practice procedures under that protocol, such as UAC, UVC, IV insertion, chest tube insertion, needle decompression, ABGs, blood glucose monitoring, and others as directed by the medical control officer.
• When working with ECMO, manages extracorporeal circulation for cardiac and respiratory support.
• Performs all aspects of ventilator care, including setup, function verification, specialized ventilator modes, monitoring, and weaning techniques.
• May be required to be on call days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Pediatric Respiratory Therapist license in North Carolina
• Pediatric Respiratory Therapist (2 years of experience)
• Pediatric Respiratory Therapist experience within the last year
• ACLS
• NRP
• PALS
• CPFT
• Experience working with NICU or PICU patients
• Experience in a(n) Hospital setting
• Experience with high frequency ventilation
• Experience with Epic