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Wisestaff is seeking a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) to join our medical team at the prestigious Phoenix VA Healthcare System in Phoeniz, AZ and surrounding areas. You will be given the opportunity to make a meaningful and personal contribution to the lives of truly special and deserving people - our Veterans We provide you with health care services at 13 locations in central Arizona. Facilities include our Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center and 12 community-based outpatient clinics in Gilbert, Globe, Payson, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Show Low, and Surprise. The Phoenix VA Health Care System serves the health care needs of more than 139,000 Veterans in central Arizona, which is 68% of eligible Veterans.
The Registered Respiratory Therapist is responsible for, providing out of-operating room intubation services as part of core privileges. The Respiratory Therapist establishes and maintains responsibility for inpatient general internal medicine services. The Respiratory Therapist is responsible for performing rounds on the weekends, facilitating transfers, and taking and documenting telephone calls from patients and physicians.
Some of the roles, responsibilities, and duties include:
- Work within ventilator protocol guidelines.
- Administer assisted and controlled mechanical ventilation to patients with artificial airways, endotracheal tubes, tracheotomies, and full-face mask assisted ventilation requiring frequent adjustments in ventilator parameters.
- Administer and monitor advanced ventilator techniques; Volume ventilation, Pressure ventilation, Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) mode, positive end expiratory pressure and continuous positive airway pressure.
- Develop plans for weaning patients from ventilators and perform daily spontaneous breathing trials to assess readiness to wean prior to the day shift.
- Perform the most difficult respiratory therapy procedures to maintain ventilation, assist endotracheal intubation, tracheal lavage, and tracheotomy care.
- Manual and mechanical ventilatory life support, medical gas administration, aerosol delivery of bronchodilators and other agents in the resuscitation of respiratory and cardiovascular failure.
- Assess the respiratory status of critical care patients using data acquired through physical observation/examination, verbal and written communication from patients, family, other healthcare team members, clinical analysis of blood gas data, and chest x-rays to determine the effectiveness of therapy being administered.
- Administer/implement therapeutic measures as ordered by providers and per protocols.
- Identify and respond to both existing and potential emergency situations such as Rapid Response/nursing alerts, and Code Blue situations by initiating corrective treatment, respiratory medications, and emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of physician orders, unit and hospital guidelines, BLS, and ACLS protocol.
- Communicate significant information in a timely, knowledgeable, and professional manner to providers, other healthcare personnel, patients, and family members to facilitate safe and effective delivery of patient care.
- Identify patient/family education needs and provision of patient/family instruction on matters involving or affecting patient care.
- Engage in unit/hospital programs and actively participate in efforts regarding safety, quality improvement, risk management, infection control, policy and procedure revisions, staff meetings, in-services, RT annual competencies, Home oxygen program assistance, and other functions as they arise.
- Contribute to the ongoing responsibility of a supportive and positive work climate of mutual respect and collaboration among health care team members, patients, families, and others interacting with our critical care unit.
- Manage and maintain training, cleaning/processing, calibration, setup between patients, documentation, infection control, quality improvement, and accountability.
- Thoroughly document all treatments, assessments, education, changes in therapies, ventilator changes, emergency care, transports or any other significant findings that may pertain to the patient's care.
- Communicate accurate information to providers and discharge planners about the patient's needs at home and while hospitalized.
Duty Hours: Current normal clinic hours are open 24 hours per day, and you must be able to perform on a rotating basis as needed for each area of coverage. Total work week is 40 hours per week.
Requirements:- Must have a minimum of two years’ current experience in this field and recent Respiratory Therapy experience in a hospital setting including covering inpatient units, ED and ICU.
- Maintains current clinical skill and credentialing through in-service programs, continuing education to include evidence of a certificate as an RRT from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) and a registry number, or certificate from another body which the NBRC recognizes as its credentialing equivalent to perform as a respiratory therapist and professional publications.
