Travel RRT in Cleveland, OH

**Job Title:** Registered Respiratory Therapist - Pediatrics
**Job Specialty:** Respiratory Therapist
**Job Duration:** 13 Weeks
**Shift:** 07:00 PM - 07:30 AM
**Guaranteed Hours:** (To be provided)
**Experience:** Minimum of 2 years
**License:** (To be provided)
**Certifications:** BLS, NRP, NBRC
**Must-Have:** Proficiency in pediatric respiratory care
**Job Description:**
- Administer medicated aerosol therapy using small volume nebulizers, breath-actuated nebulizers, and vibrating mesh nebulizers.
- Educate patients on aerosol, MDI, and DPI therapy, including use of DPI, MDI with holding chambers, and Pentamidine Administration.
- Manage medication carts, Omnicell, and barcoding medication administration systems.
- Perform a variety of airway clearance therapies such as clapping, vibration, directed cough, PEP and oscillatory PEP, hyperinflation therapy, high-frequency chest wall oscillation, IPV, acoustic airway clearance, and cough assist.
- Provide airway management including suctioning, tracheostomy care, manual ventilation, and intubation assist.
- Oversee assisted ventilation, mechanical ventilation, ventilator system checks, CPAP/BiPAP/NIMV, negative pressure ventilation, and initiation and management of NAVA.
- Engage in high-risk deliveries involving surfactant administration, NRP protocol, and T-piece ventilation.
- Conduct blood gas sampling, analysis, and interpretation.
- Administer humidity therapy using heated humidity, aerosol masks, trach collars, T-pieces, and face shields.
- Follow clinical practice guidelines for asthma care, CF care, RDS management, BPD prevention, and HFNC protocol.
- Participate in respiratory care consult service and nitric oxide protocol monitoring.
- Monitor patients using pulse oximetry, peak flow meters, capnography, ventilator graphic interpretation, and conduct overnight or continuous pulse oximetry and capnography studies.
- Perform spontaneous breathing trials and transcutaneous CO2 monitoring.
- Manage patient transport including HFNC portable unit, T-piece ventilation, MRI, internal with assisted ventilation, and neonatal rapid response team.
- Provide oxygen and special gas therapy using nasal cannulae, oxygen masks, high flow nasal cannulae, oxygen tanks, blenders, analyzers, inhaled nitric oxide calibration, and troubleshooting, sub-ambient oxygen, and Heliox therapy.
- Clean and maintain equipment as needed.
**Unit Description:** Work in areas including Pediatric ICU, Neonatal ICU, Pediatric Cardiac ICU, Trach/vent unit, Emergency Room, General Respiratory Care, and Women’s Respiratory Care. Collaborate with attending doctors, fellows, APPs, PAs, NPs, hospitalists, resident providers, nursing, and other disciplines.