Job Title: Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
Job Location: Greenville, SC 29605
Duration: 13 weeks (extendable)
Shift: Nights – 3x12-hour shifts (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM), every other weekend required
Pay Rate: $1,760 – $1,960 (Weekly Gross)
The Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) provides comprehensive respiratory care services to adult patients in an acute care hospital setting. This role requires strong clinical expertise in adult critical care, mechanical ventilation, airway management, and respiratory therapy procedures.
Deliver respiratory care to adult critical care patients.
Perform extubation, nasal airway placement, oral airway placement, suctioning, and tracheostomy care.
Administer respiratory medications including bronchodilators, inhaled steroids, antibiotics, and other aerosolized therapies.
Set up and manage aerosol delivery systems including masks, trach setups, Medihalers, and metered-dose inhalers.
Operate and monitor handheld nebulizers, T-piece nebulizers, and trach collar nebulizers.
Provide high-flow nasal cannula therapy and trach collar oxygen therapy.
Manage and troubleshoot BiPAP, CPAP, and mechanical ventilation systems, including high-pressure alarms.
Assist with ventilator weaning protocols.
Perform pulmonary hygiene and sputum specimen collection.
Document all patient care activities accurately within the electronic medical record system.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Adhere to hospital policies, procedures, and safety standards.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum of 2 years of respiratory therapy experience.
Proficiency in adult critical care respiratory therapy.
Experience with extubation, airway management, suctioning, and tracheostomy care.
Experience administering respiratory medications including albuterol, Atrovent, Combivent, Flovent, inhaled steroids, Isuprel, lidocaine, Perforomist, Pulmicort, racemic epinephrine, Spiriva, terbutaline sulfate, tobramycin, and Xopenex.
Experience delivering medications via aerosol mask, trach aerosol setup, Medihaler, and metered-dose inhaler.
Experience with handheld nebulizers, T-piece nebulizers, and trach collar nebulizers.
Experience with high-flow nasal cannula and trach collar oxygen therapy.
Experience with BiPAP, CPAP, mechanical ventilation, ventilator troubleshooting, and weaning protocols.
Minimum of 1 year of experience using EPIC electronic medical records.
Trauma Level I experience required.
Active South Carolina Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) license in hand.
ACLS and BLS certifications required.
Must meet all credentialing and compliance requirements.
For more details reach at Aditi.sharma@navitashealth.com or Call / Text at 516-587-6677.
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