NICU Respiratory Therapist

As our NICU Respiratory Therapist you will be responsible for evaluating, administering, addressing and documenting, within scope of practice, a complete array of basic and advanced respiratory care involving therapeutic and diagnostic procedures for neonates and care teams in the NICU at the assigned hospital. Work includes: 1) attending high-risk deliveries and C-sections; 2) setting up and monitoring a variety of complex respiratory equipment; 3) administering respiratory therapy treatments such as oxygen, therapeutic aerosols, intermittent positive pressure breathing, incentive spirometer and airway care to include intubation/estuation and tracheotomy care; 4) monitoring patients for adverse reaction and taking appropriate corrective action based on established procedures; and 5) determining the effectiveness and/or need for change in the therapy being administered and making recommendations to the physicians regarding treatment. Every day you will be accountable for providing resuscitation services, participating in various orientations, providing educational/orientation services to students, quality improvement and department projects, providing and maintaining skill levels to reflect the ever-changing procedures and techniques of respiratory care. Work may also include responsibility for providing respiratory care services as outlined above, to adult patients at the assigned hospital in areas of care to exclude intensive care units (ICUs).