Pediatric Respiratory Therapist
Saint Louis, Missouri
Saint Louis Children's Hospital

Respiratory Care RRT (Travel/Contract)

Assignment Overview

• Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Specialty: Respiratory Care / Neuro Diagnostics
• Facility: Children's acute care teaching hospital with 400 staffed beds
• Charting system: Epic
• Scrub color: Any color, or facility-issued T-shirts/jackets

Schedule

• Shift: Night, 3 x 12-hour shifts (19:00 to 07:30)
• Guaranteed hours: 36 per week
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• On-call: Not required
• Float: Will not float within scope to meet facility needs
• RTO restrictions: 2 requests

Candidate Acceptance

• First-time travelers accepted
• Local candidates accepted
• Candidates with a pending license accepted

Required Qualifications

• Valid Pediatric Respiratory Therapist license in Missouri
• Pediatric Respiratory Therapist experience (2 years)
• Pediatric Respiratory Therapist experience within the last year
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association
• Experience working with NICU or PICU patients
• Experience working with Level 1 Trauma patients
• Registered Respiratory Therapist experience

Health and Immunizations

• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• TB: 2 negative PPDs (1st within 1 year, 2nd within 30 days of start) or a T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year of start; yearly TB questionnaire
• Drug screen within 1 year of start, not expiring during assignment; panel includes amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methadone, opiates, oxycodone, and PCP
• N95 fit test required, renewed annually; must be on file by the end of the first week of orientation (on-site testing not available for this role)
• Tdap vaccine or declination
• Immunity documentation for rubeola, mumps, rubella, and varicella (positive titer, 2 vaccines, or MD statement)
• Flu vaccine or exemption required during flu season (10/01 to 03/31)

Background and Compliance

• Criminal background check within 6 months of start (7-year search)
• Education verification
• Missouri Family Care Safety Registry check, time sensitive (up to 7 business days)
• Missouri EDL and Highway Patrol checks
• Federal exclusion checks (EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG), run quarterly
• Government-issued photo ID
• Badge photo taken within 6 months of start

Documents and Onboarding

• Employment application
• Two professional references
• Unit-specific skills checklist within 1 year of start
• Regulatory compliance education, passing score of 80%
• Signed confidentiality form, HIPAA acknowledgement, latex allergy questionnaire, hand hygiene policy, dress code policy, and fingernail policy (candidates who do not follow the fingernail policy may be sent home from shifts)