Respiratory Therapist Internal Traveler
Job Location:
Norfolk, MA - USA
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Job Summary
City/State
Norfolk VAWork Shift
Third (Nights)Overview:
Registered Respiratory Therapist to work a Full Time 14-week assignment!
Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
Sentara Leigh - Norfolk VA
$70.00/hr
NIGHT shift- 7pm to 7am
14-week assignment
No benefits
Overview
The Registered Respiratory Therapist builds upon the overall pulmonary management in identifying and implementing physician directed respiratory care interventions for an individual or a group of patients. Works cooperatively with nursing and other health care team members for professional respiratory care practice for all patients ranging in ages from neonates to adults in all clinical and ambulatory settings. Responsible for the appropriate age specific assessment and treatment of patients. May have access to or oversight of Protected Health Information (PHI) in the course of carrying out position duties.
Associates or Bachelors degree required. Non degreed applicants with RRT credentials prior to January 1 2006 and graduates from a military RT program with RRT credentials will also be considered.
State license active NBRC RRT and BLS required at time of hire. For new graduates only must have State license and BLS at time of hire and must obtain NBRC RRT within 6 months of hire date.
Education
Associates Degree - Respiratory Therapy OR
Bachelors Degree Respiratory Therapy
Certification/Licensure
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) - Certification - National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC)
Respiratory Therapist License - State license - Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VADHP)
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)
Experience
1 year of clinical respiratory care experience (preferred)
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Sentara Leigh Hospital located in Norfolk VA is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016 including two new patient towers a beautiful atrium and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care heart vascular maternity care and general surgery. We are also home to the regions only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning wounds that wont heal infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen airborne chemical exposures and scuba diving accidents.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Required Experience:
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About Company
Sentara Health, is an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system in Virginia and North Carolina. Sentara improves health everyday.
