Respiratory Therapist; per diem

Overview

Nemours is seeking a per diem Respiratory Therapist to join our Nemours Children’s Hospital team in Wilmington, DE.

• Verify all physician orders for respiratory care and provide age- and development-appropriate care to infants, children, adolescents, and adults.
• Assess patients clinically and evaluate for appropriateness of therapy.
• Provide aerosolized medication therapy, airway clearance therapies, airway management such as tracheostomy changes, tube taping, suctioning, medical gas therapy; ventilator setup and management; perform non-invasive monitoring (pulse oximetry, transcutaneous O2/CO2 and end-tidal CO2), and assist with in-house and inter-facility transports.
• Provide emergency respiratory care, including airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; perform arterial blood gas sampling, point-of-care testing, and electrocardiograms; participate in airway management during bronchoscopies.
• Document care provided, patient assessment, and patient care orders in the electronic medical record (EMR) or hard copy when necessary; enter charges in EMR.
• Participate in discharge planning and home-care education by training patients, families, and designated care providers.
• Provide recommendations and education to physicians and nurses regarding respiratory care.
• Participate in the evaluation of respiratory care equipment and procedures and maintain current knowledge about departmental policies and procedures.

• Graduated from a COAARC-approved Respiratory Care Program.
• Delaware State License, NBRC-RRT, and BLS-HCP required; AARC membership, PALS within 90 days of hire.
• Preferred: NRP, NBRC-NPS, NBRC-CPFT, NBRC-RPFT, NBRC-SDS, AEC, and ACLS.

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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. This includes prevention, clinical treatment, research, advocacy, education, and prevention aimed at healthier generations of children.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We seek individuals who are passionate about delivering culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All associates are expected to ensure these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us ours.org.