Travel Respiratory Therapist - COVID19

Company: NurseFly
Location: San Gabriel
Posted on: April 29, 2020

Job Description:

Fastaff Travel Nursing is seeking a travel Respiratory Therapist for a travel job in Pasadena, California:

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• Specialty: Respiratory Therapist
  
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
  
• Start Date: ASAP
  
• Duration: 8 weeks
  
• 48 hours per week
  
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
  
  
  Additional information: Fastaff Job ID #121153. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Respiratory Therapist RN - Travel Nurse.
  
  
  
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  • ** Due to the large need for nurses during the coronavirus outbreak, many of the COVID-19 nursing jobs listed below have flexible start dates and assignment lengths. Even if you are unable to start on the designated Start Date, please apply and discuss your availability with a Fastaff recruiter. ***
    
    
    Travel and housing stipends are paid separately in addition to the estimated weekly pay shown above. For detailed information about the travel and housing stipends, please speak to a recruiter about this position.
    
    The Projected Weekly Pay is based on a travel nurse working the stated number of hours listed here during the week. The weekly pay a nurse receives is calculated by multiplying the nurses hourly rate of pay by the number of hours the nurse works and will include overtime premiums, paid at a minimum of 1.5x the nurses hourly rate, for all overtime hours worked.
    
    Travel Respiratory Therapist Job
    
    We are seeking an experienced and self-motivated travel respiratory therapist to join our growing team of healthcare professionals.
    
    Respiratory Therapist Qualifications:
    
    Associates Degree or Bachelor Degree in Respiratory Therapy
    
    Current and Active state licensure; Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) or Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
    
    Minimum of 1 year of Respiratory Therapy experience within the past two years
    
    BLS or other required credentials as designated by health care organization.
    
    Respiratory Therapist Duties & Responsibilities:
    
    Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders
    
    Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, which includes maximizing patient's pulmonary function; alleviating pain; planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy
    
    Meets patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by conducting pulmonary function tests; assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians and by prescription.
    
    Helps patient accomplish treatment plan and supports life by administering inhalants; operating mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators.
    
    Administers respiratory therapy treatments; assisting with breathing exercises; monitoring physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.
    
    Evaluates effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress; recommending adjustments and modifications.
    
    Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences.
    
    Educates patients on disease prevention and lung health, on the use of inhalers, inhalation devices and other treatment regimen as appropriate.
    
    Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
    
    Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
    
    Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
    
    Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
    
    Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs.
    
    Benefits of Being a Fastaff-- Travel Nursing Employee
    
    Premium pay
    
    Prestigious facilities
    
    Flexible scheduling
    
    Immediate access to the industrys best RN recruiters and healthcare facilities
    
    Fastaff will provide costs for housing during the length of your assignment, as well as airfare or mileage to and from the city of the assignment at the start and end of the assignment.
    
    Group health insurance benefits
    
    $10,000 Company-paid Life/ADD Insurance
    
    Matching 401(k)
    
    About Fastaff-- Travel Nursing:
    
    More than two decades ago, Fastaff pioneered the practice of Rapid Response-- travel nurse staffing. Since then, the company has grown to become the leading provider of urgent and crucial temporary registered nurses to help hospitals provide continuous, high-quality patient care, while offering premium pay to registered nurses. In partnering with many of the nations largest and most prestigious healthcare facilities as well as small community hospitals, Fastaff provides enriching employment opportunities to RNs while also providing the highest pay in the industry to meet acute staffing needs and provide unparalleled patient care.
    
    Fastaff .
    
    More than two decades ago, Fastaff pioneered the practice of Rapid Response-- travel nurse staffing. Since then, the company has grown to become the leading provider of urgent and crucial temporary registered nurses to help hospitals provide continuous, high-quality patient care, while offering premium pay to registered nurses. In partnering with many of the nations largest and most prestigious healthcare facilities as well as small community hospitals, Fastaff provides enriching employment opportunities to RNs while also providing the highest pay in the industry to meet acute staffing needs and provide unparalleled patient care. Fastaff-- Travel Nursing is an equal opportunity employer..

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