Registered Respiratory Therapist
Biddeford, Maine
Southern Maine Health Care Medical Center -Biddeford

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Job Overview

• Location: Biddeford, Maine
• Employment type: Travel
• Specialty: Adult critical care, NICU, and PICU experience preferred
• Shift: Nights
• Hours per week: 36
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Call: No
• Float: Floats to all areas of the hospital

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Respiratory Therapist license in Maine
• Registered Respiratory Therapist with 2 years of experience
• Registered Respiratory Therapist experience within the last year
• BLS
• ACLS
• NRP
• PALS
• Experience working with Neonate patients
• Experience working with Adult patients
• Experience working with Pediatric patients
• Experience in a Critical Care setting
• Experience in a Special Care Nursery setting
• Experience in a Pediatric ER/ED setting
• Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU experience
• Experience with Epic

Required Clinical Experience

• ICU experience
• ER experience, including treating pediatric patients needing intubation and mechanical ventilation
• Nursery experience, including attending high-risk C-sections and participating in the resuscitation team
• Experience with adult ICU care
• Experience with treating pediatric patients in the ER
• Familiarity with Drager V500 ventilators, Hamilton T-1 ventilators, NeoPuff, V60 BiPAP, Airvo high-flow oxygen units, and RAM cannula

Preferred Experience

• NICU experience
• PICU experience

Additional Notes

• Team player with good communication skills, respectful, and positive attitude
• Any scrub color is acceptable