Respiratory Therapist - NICU
Rosedale, Maryland
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
$1,510-1,968/weekArrow Healthcare Staffing will give you the best chance of placement for this opportunity
Job info
Job Opportunity: Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) - NICU
Location
- Baltimore, Maryland
Employment Type
- Travel / Contract
- Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift Details
- Night shift, 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each (18:30 - 7:00)
- Every other weekend required
- No on-call requirement
- Holiday coverage expected
Job Description
- Float between Adult Critical Care and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Responsibilities include airway management and suctioning (endotracheal tube, extubation, nasal/oral airway placement), pulmonary hygiene, sputum specimen collection, tracheostomy suctioning, and arterial blood gas (ABG) interpretation
- Use of ventilators such as Draeger V500 and Servo U
- Skills with respiratory medications and equipment including Albuterol, Atrovent, Combivent, Flovent, inhaled steroids, Isuprel, Lidocaine, Perforomist, Pulmicort, Racemic epinephrine, Spiriva, Terbutaline Sulfate, Tobramycin, Xopenex, aerosol setups, high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), BiPAP, CPAP, and troubleshooting high pressure alarms
- Assist in weaning from mechanical ventilation and high-risk deliveries
- Comfortable drawing and analyzing ABGs
- Experience with Cerner electronic charting preferred
- Preferred skills: Bronchoscopy, Bicarbonate, Inhaled Flolan, Ketamine, Mucomyst, Nitric Oxide (INo), Theophylline
Facility Information
- Short-term acute care teaching hospital
- Total staffed beds: 338
- Scrub color: ceil blue (scrubs not provided)
- Flu vaccine required for all employees
Required Qualifications
- Certified Respiratory Therapist with NICU experience (minimum 2 years), including experience within the last year
- Experience working with adult patients
- Completion of at least one prior travel assignment
- Current BLS certification
- Respiratory Therapist experience
Facility
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
2 nurses recommend working with MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
Pros
They are very cohesive and work as a team always.
Cons
I do not have anything negative other than you need to fight with sone to all9w you gain some admission, emergency and critical patient stabilisation experience since they invade such patients which may leave you hanging while the resuscitation happens.
- Short Term Acute Care
- 386 beds
Baltimore, MD
About
Located midway between the North and the South, Baltimore is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. and the nation's capital for a short time during the Revolutionary War. It was here, at Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key saw the American flag flying overhead, inspiring him to pen The Star-Spangled Banner. Discover America’s history, from gilded-age mansions and national historic trails to the Edgar Allan Poe House and Fort McHenry National Monument. The Inner Harbor is one of the most popular areas, housing museums, restaurants, nightlife hotspots and one of the city's top attractions, the National Aquarium. It hosts some 660 animal species, including Bottlenose dolphins and puffins. This area also boasts many shopping and dining venues, and from here, you can catch a water taxi for a fun and different way to see the sites.
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