Certified Respiratory Therapist

Akahi Associates/Kako'o Services, LLC • Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC

13d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Respiratory Therapist provides respiratory care services in support of patients at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and associated branch clinics. The position is contingent upon contract award. The therapist operates respiratory-care equipment, administers prescribed treatments, assists with airway management, monitors patient status, and supports care in critical-care and neonatal respiratory-care settings.

Services are required 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including holidays. Shifts are normally 8.5 or 12.5 hours, including a 30-minute unpaid meal break. The worker may be required to work up to 84 night shifts per year and will not be required to exceed 80 hours in a two-week period. Pay rate is TBD and contingent upon contract award.

Kako'o Services LLC provides healthcare workers to military treatment facilities across the United States and states that it is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• Meet the education and board-certification requirements for the Certified Respiratory Therapist labor category specified in Technical Exhibit 5 and the MQS2-NG base contract.
• Have at least one year of experience as a Respiratory Therapist in a critical-care and neonatal respiratory-care setting within the last three years.
• Hold current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
• Meet applicable Basic Life Support (BLS), credentialing, health screening, immunization, and facility training requirements.
• Perform duties within the scope of professional competency and comply with applicable facility policies and procedures.
• Be eligible to complete required background/security processing and provide the documentation required for placement.

Responsibilities

• Administer respiratory-care treatments and draw blood as qualified and as directed by an advanced respiratory therapist or physician.
• Set up, operate, troubleshoot, clean, sterilize, and maintain respiratory equipment and related systems.
• Receive, set up, operate, and maintain ventilators, nebulizers, oxygen-therapy systems, humidity and aerosol-therapy equipment, sterilizers, and aeration chambers.
• Administer prescribed medical gases and aerosolized medications; perform airway management and airway hygiene; and provide chest percussion and postural drainage as appropriate.
• Obtain arterial blood gas specimens and perform other assigned respiratory-care procedures within professional competency and direction.
• Assess and monitor patients, provide breathing-exercise instructions, review patient records, identify changes in clinical status, and report concerns or adverse reactions.
• Change nebulizers on nursing wards and adjust oxygen flow as prescribed by a physician.
• Deliver oxygen tanks, respiratory equipment, and supplies to designated departments.
• Inspect equipment for wear, loose connections, or malfunction and notify the supervisor when maintenance or repair is needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed