Description

American Traveler is seeking a hybrid Respiratory Therapist/ECMO Specialist for a NICU and Pediatric Critical Care position requiring RRT/RRT-NPS certification and 4+ years ECMO experience.

Details

• Hybrid role combining Registered Respiratory Therapist and ECMO Specialist duties in NICU and Pediatric Critical Care settings
• Responsible for general neonatal/pediatric respiratory critical care and skillful operation of ECMO systems on critically ill patients
• Will back-fill as Respiratory Therapist when no ECMO assignment is available
• Patient ratio of 1:8
• Epic EMR experience required
• Day shift (3x12 hours, 7:00-19:30) or Night shift (3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30)
• Every third weekend required

Requirements

• BLS and PALS certifications required
• RRT or RRT-NPS certification required
• Valid MA Respiratory Therapist license required (pending license accepted, must obtain during booking)
• License required if applicable
• Minimum 4 years of experience as an ECMO Specialist operating ECMO equipment on patients
• Trauma Level I and Level II experience required
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Epic charting system experience required
• Prior travel experience required
• Skilled in operating bedside pump, circuit assembly and priming, centrifugal ECMO (not roller pump), centra mag, and mag pumps
• Able to respond to emergencies in less than 10 minutes
• Experience administering blood products and medications, drawing labs from circuit, and managing circuit changes
• Knowledge of clot recognition and response
• Ventilator management experience including BiPAP, CPAP, high frequency jet ventilator, and high frequency oscillator
• Experience with neonatal/pediatric equipment including bubble CPAP, oscillating ventilator, and pressure/volume ventilator
• Skilled in intubation assist, extubation, and airway suctioning (ETT, NT)
• Care experience with ARDS, aspiration, bronchoscopy, COVID, cystic fibrosis, ECMO, fresh tracheostomy, and pneumonia
• Experience with neonatal/pediatric conditions including bronchopulmonary dysplasia, near drowning, respiratory distress syndrome, RSV, and transient tachypnea of the newborn
• Interpretation of arterial blood gases (ABGs) required
• 2 professional references required, verified from 2 of the last 3 places worked at different facilities

Additional Information

• Support patients in NICU, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatrics, and Emergency Department settings
• Travel with patients and provide support during inter-departmental and ambulance transports
• Participate in pediatric and neonatal transports
• Perform routine ECMO management and equipment operation
• Experience with medication delivery systems including nebulizers, MDIs, and aerosol setups for mask and trach
• Familiarity with medications such as Albuterol, Atrovent, Flovent, Nitric Oxide, Pulmicort, and Racemic epinephrine
• Accepts candidates within a 50-mile radius of the facility at a lower rate