Respiratory Therapist 4

Inova Alexandria Hospital is looking for a dedicated Respiratory Therapist 4 to join the team. 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:

* Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.

Job Responsibilities:

• Integrates the respiratory care plan into complete care plans.
• Consistently performs thorough/advanced cardiopulmonary clinical assessments with appropriate inclusion of other systems (e.g. cardiovascular, nutritional, neurologic, etc.).
• Administers all respiratory therapeutic interventions (e.g. heliox, nitric oxide, CNB, Chest Wall Oscillation, etc.) with high proficiency and virtually no supervision in multiple age groups.
• Establishes and manages all forms of mechanical ventilation (e.g. HFO, NPPV, PRVC, transport) with proficiency and virtually no supervision in multiple age groups.
• Demonstrates proficiency in operating all mechanical ventilators.
• Performs weaning mechanics as ordered with high proficiency in more than 90 percent of ventilator patients cared for.
• Reviews the need for continuing ventilation of patients in more than 90 percent of the patients cared for with a high degree of proficiency on a daily basis.
• Performs tests, collects specimens/data, validates and interprets basic/complex diagnostic testing (e.g. bronchoscopy samples, complex PFTs), and validates the quality of the results with

Additional Requirements:

• Certification - Basic Life Support / Registered Respiratory Therapist - Adult Critical Care ; Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT); Bachelors Degree OR an advanced credential (ACCS, NPS, RPFT, CPFT or SDS); In addition, must possess one of the following: two Advance Certifications (ACLS, PALS and NRP) or one specialized certification (AEC, COPD, SCC, etc)
• Licensure - Licensed Respiratory Therapist Upon Start Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Respiratory Therapist
• Experience - Five years of critical care and/or advanced diagnostics experience with multiple age populations
• Experience - Pulmonary Diagnostic Preferred
• Education - Respiratory Therapy Graduate of an accredited CoARC (The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care) respiratory care program.