Respiratory Therapist; Casual​/PRN

Nemours Children's Health is hiring a Respiratory Therapist in our Pediatric Outpatient Specialty Care Clinic. The Respiratory Therapist (Casual/PRN) performs routine and specialty pulmonary function testing, stress testing, and metabolic assessment testing. Performs complete and accurate patient assessment or reassessment. Provides education to the patient and/or patient/guardian in a manner that the recipient understands in order to contribute to positive patient care outcome and patient satisfaction.

Performs arterial and capillary punctures for blood gas analysis. Performs quality controls and ensures preventative maintenance is completed on diagnostic equipment. Maintains and orders supplies necessary for pulmonary function lab. Assist with patient flow of clinic.

• Perform routine and specialty pulmonary function testing, stress testing, and metabolic assessment testing.
• Perform complete and accurate patient assessment or reassessment.
• Provide education to the patient and/or patient/guardian in a manner that the recipient understands to contribute to positive patient care outcome and patient satisfaction.
• Perform arterial and capillary punctures for blood gas analysis.
• Perform quality controls and ensure preventative maintenance is completed on diagnostic equipment.
• Maintain and order supplies necessary for pulmonary function lab.
• Assist with patient flow of clinic.
• Obtain vital signs.
• Capture and enter patient information into EMR.
• Collect and prepare laboratory specimens.
• Ensure appropriate documentation such as x-rays and laboratory reports are available for provider’s review.
• Room patients into exam room with preparation for exam and assist provider with exam.
• Handle all telephone calls in a courteous and timely manner with documentation of call in EMR.
• Ensure provider’s orders are carried out:
• Under the direction of the provider, schedule PT/OT, surgery, and diagnostic test to include pre‑authorization and notification of patient.
• Assist provider with bronchoscopy if needed.
• Ensure medications are safely stored in an appropriate area as designated by law, and that medication expiration dates are evaluated on a monthly schedule.
  • Familiar with pharmacokinetics, contraindications, side effects, mode of administration of all medications provider prescribes.
• Ensure accurate ICD‑10 and CPT‑4 codes are recorded.
• Documentation of CF NBS grant to ensure all documentation is done necessary for grant deliverables are done in a timely manner.

• Certified as a Respiratory Therapist by National Board of Respiratory Care or Registered Respiratory Therapist by National Board of Respiratory Care.
• Current licensure in Florida as a Certified Respiratory Therapist or Current licensure in Florida as Registered Respiratory Therapist.
• Current BLS certification with the American Heart Association.
• Current PALS certification or obtained within one year of employment.
• At least 1 year of experience.

• Registered as a Respiratory Therapist by National Board of Respiratory Care or Registered Respiratory Therapist by National Board of Respiratory Care achieved prior to July 2002.

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state‑of‑the‑art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary‑urgent‑and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I.

DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated…