Registered Respiratory Therapist
Saint Louis, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

RRT

Overview

• Travel/Contract role in Saint Louis, Missouri
• Night shift: 3x12 hours, 18:45–7:15
• Contract length: 26 weeks
• First-timers accepted
• Weekend requirement: every third weekend
• Locals not accepted; local radius rule is 75 miles
• Pending license accepted
• RTO restriction: no more than 7 days
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks
• Open to accommodating block schedule: no

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Respiratory Therapist license in Missouri
• Registered Respiratory Therapist with 2 years of experience
• Registered Respiratory Therapist experience within the last year
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• Airway management including endotracheal tube/suctioning, extubation, nasal airway suctioning, oral airway placement, oropharyngeal/suctioning, sputum specimen collection, and tracheostomy/suctioning
• Experience with high frequency ventilation modes including BiPAP and CPAP
• Ability to troubleshoot high pressure alarms on mechanical ventilators
• Experience with weaning from mechanical ventilation
• Ability to interpret arterial blood gases (ABGs)
• Experience with heated high flow nasal cannula (HHFNC) ventilation
• Experience with aerosol medication delivery systems including mask, trach, and metered dose inhalers
• Experience with Epic

Preferred

• Active AARC membership
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in any field, or actively working toward a bachelor’s degree

Clinical Skills / Experience

• Airway management and suctioning: Endrotracheal tube/suctioning, Extubation, Nasal airway suctioning, Oral airway placement, Oropharyngeal/suctioning, Sputum specimen collection, Tracheostomy/suctioning
• Medication administration: Albuterol, Atrovent, Combivent, Inhaled Flolan, Inhaled steroids, Lidocaine, Nitric Oxide (INo), Pulmicort, Racemic epinephrine, Xopenex
• Medication delivery systems: Aerosol set up mask, Aerosol set up trach, Metered dose inhaler
• Nebulizer: Hand held, T-piece, Trach collar, Ultrasonic
• Oxygen therapy: High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
• Ventilator management: BiPAP, CPAP, troubleshooting high pressure alarms, weaning from mechanical ventilation
• ABG interpretation

Unit / Facility Notes

• Candidates will be expected to float within scope to ICUs and floors
• Teaching hospital; may occasionally be asked to precept respiratory therapy students
• Short Term Acute Care facility with 1259 staffed beds
• Scrub color: medium to dark gray
• Charting: EPIC