Respiratory Therapist 3
Respiratory Therapist 3
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Job Description
Inova Fairfax Hospital is seeking a Respiratory Therapist 3to join the team. This role will be PRN
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical dental and vision coverage and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5250 per year in education assistance and up to $10000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members their spouses/partners and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person per year at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off paid parental leave flexible work schedules.
Job Responsibilities:
- Performs weaning mechanics as ordered with high proficiency in more than 90% of ventilator patients cared for.
- Review the need for continuing ventilator support (i.e. spontaneous breathing trial weaning) in more than 95% of patients care for with high degree of proficiency on a daily basis.
- Routinely develops or refines ventilator care plans and communicates to patient care teams.
- Performs tests collects specimens in addition to dating validating and interpreting basic/complex diagnostic testing (e.g. bronchoscopy samples complex PFTs)
- Validates the quality of the results with high proficiency and minimal supervision. Formulates a respiratory care plan for almost all patients based on patient diagnostic data response to therapy and physiological profiles. Integrates respiratory care plans into patients complete care plans.
Additional Requirements:
- 2 Years of critical care experience
- Graduate of an accredited CoArc (The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care) respiratory program.
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT). One of the following (ACLS PALS or NRP). In addition must possess one of the following: an additional Advance Certification (ACLS PALS or NRP) or an Advanced Credential (ACCS AEC NPS RPFT CPFT or SDS) or a relevant Bachelors Degree.
- BLS from AHA Upon Start
- Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Respiratory Therapist
Employment Type
Part-Time
