Travel Respiratory Therapist
Wayne, New Jersey
St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center

RRT - Respiratory / Neuro Diagnostics

Overview

• Location: Wayne, New Jersey
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours (7:00 PM to 7:00 AM)
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week
• Float scope: May float to another campus if needed
• Call: No call

Required Qualifications

• Current New Jersey RRT license
• BLS certification (AHA provider or instructor card). Only BLS is required for RRTs.
• Nursys verification is not listed for this role.
• Every other weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and some Fridays
• Possible holidays
• Flu vaccine, or an approved medical or religious exemption. Declinations are not accepted. Exemption requests are time sensitive, and approvals must be in by 11/15 or the candidate may be pulled.
• Credentials cannot expire within the start month
• 1st-time travelers accepted

Background and Screening

• Criminal background check within 1 year of start, covering the past 7 years of locations lived or worked, including Social Security trace, counties, national sex offender registry, and OFAC. International searches are required if the candidate lived or worked outside the US in the past 7 years.
• SAM check
• HHS/OIG check
• Primary source verification of license
• Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start, including amphetamines (amphetamine and methamphetamine), barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates (codeine, morphine, hydromorphone, hydrocodone), oxycodone/oxymorphone, phencyclidine, creatinine, nitrite, and pH. Instant tests are not acceptable. Onsite drug testing may be required.

Competencies and Documentation

• Medication/pharmacology competency exam
• Competency exam
• Skills checklist
• Orientation safety manual acknowledgement
• Job description review and signature
• Conflict of interest policy, confidentiality statement, policy acknowledgement, and code of conduct, each reviewed and signed
• ID badge request form, completed before start
• Professional references or evaluations (2)
• Employment application
• Work history verification covering at least 1 year before start, with gaps of no more than 30 days. This is required in New Jersey.

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 1 year of start (no annual update needed)
• Fit test for N95 mask within 1 year, completed before start
• Tdap within 10 years of start (declination form acceptable)
• TB test: QuantiFERON or T-Spot within 6 months of start, or a two-step PPD within 1 year. A positive TB history requires proof of the past positive test and a negative chest X-ray within 1 year.
• TB questionnaire, updated annually
• Measles, mumps, and rubella: positive titer or 2 MMR vaccinations for each
• Hepatitis B: core antibody total, surface antigen, and surface antibody titers. A declination form is acceptable in place of vaccines if any result is low or non-immune.
• Varicella: positive titer or 2 vaccinations
• Hepatitis C antibody titer is required only if providing services in a dialysis-related patient care area

Attire

• Caribbean blue scrubs