Travel Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU
Chicago, Illinois
UChicago Medicine Center for Care and Discovery

CRT NICU

Overview

• Specialty: Respiratory / Neuro Diagnostics
• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Employment Type: Travel/Contract
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Start: ASAP
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (19:00 to 07:30)
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week
• Weekends: Rotated
• Local Candidates: Accepted

Required Qualifications

• Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU with 1 year of experience, including experience within the last year
• Experience working with NICU and PICU patients
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification issued by the American Heart Association required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association required

Competencies and Trainings

• Unit-specific competency exam required within 3 years of start, updated every 3 years
• Core Part I, Core Part II, and Core Part III required, updated annually
• OSHA Mandatory training required, updated annually
• Medication/Pharmacology competency exam required as applicable by profession
• 14-plate Ishihara color blind test required for all candidates
• Series of online modules required before orientation
• Unit-specific skills checklist required

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 1 year of start, signed by an MD, PA, NP, or DO, stating the candidate is fit for duty without accommodations and free from communicable diseases
• N95 mask fit test within 1 year of start
• Tdap within 10 years of start
• TB clearance: 2 PPDs (first within 1 year of start, second within 90 days of start) or a Quantiferon Gold within 3 months of start; annual TB testing not required, but a TB questionnaire must be completed annually
• Immunity documentation for measles (rubeola), mumps, rubella, and varicella: positive titer, 2 vaccines after the first birthday, or physician documentation of disease (low titer requires a booster)
• Hepatitis B: vaccine series, positive surface antibody titer, or declination; surface antigen and antibody titer required for renal dialysis units
• Negative 9-panel drug screen within 1 year of start; instant drug screens not accepted
• Flu vaccine or approved medical/religious exemption required during flu season (December 1 to April 30); declinations not accepted
• Flu exemption forms due by 11/23; candidates without a vaccine or approved exemption by 12/1 will be removed from the schedule

Background Checks

• Criminal background check within 6 months of start, with a 7-year search including alias, county, and national sex offender searches
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks run within 30 days of start, updated monthly

Documentation

• Employment application required
• 2 professional references required, one from a direct supervisor
• Badge photo required 2 weeks before start (selfie or front-facing headshot, plain white background, jpeg)
• Fingernail policy signed before start
• Compliance checklists completed and submitted