Vanderbilt University Medical Center-posted 2 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Nashville, TN
5,001-10,000 employees

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

  • Provide critical care to neonatal and pediatric patients during ambulance and fixed wing transport.
  • Assess patients and use established transport protocols to treat patients’ medical conditions.
  • Critically think and adapt to changing environment of transport while providing patient care.
  • Manage patient’s respiratory needs via airway management, medications, NIV, and invasive ventilations.
  • Assess patients to identify clinical needs.
  • Initiate and manage per protocol during ground and fixed wing transport: Mechanical Ventilation NIV, including HFNC and Bubble CPAP, Nitric Oxide, High Frequency Ventilation, Respiratory Medications.
  • Troubleshoot transport equipment.
  • Work with Registered Nurse and EMT on transport to provide patient care.
  • Perform arterial punctures.
  • Perform intubations.
  • Maintain competencies required by institution, department, and CAMTs.
  • Perform lab tests for blood gases and glucose checks per POCT guidelines and interpret results.
  • Collaborate with receiving units at MCJCHV and referring facilities to coordinate patient transport.
  • Be knowledgeable in nursing role and able to perform those duties within scope of practice to patients during transport.
  • LIC-Registered Respiratory Therapist - Tennessee.
  • Graduate of an approved discipline specific program.
  • Relevant work experience of at least 1 year.
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