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Registered Respiratory Therapist - PresNow Paseo

Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesAlbuquerque, NM
Onsite

About The Position

Provide routine and advanced respiratory care responsibilities, manage ventilators, implement cardiorespiratory protocols, and perform advanced airway care. How you grow, learn and thrive matters here. Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more. Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses. Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

Requirements

  • ASSOCIATE Two to three years college level courses/Associates Degree/Diploma in Respiratory Care.
  • New Mexico Respiratory Care Practitioner License
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist credential from the NBRC
  • ACLS and/or PALS
  • BLS required.
  • Six months to one year critical care experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • All Certified Respiratory Therapist responsibilities.
  • Assists physicians with Bronchoscopy Procedures under departmental policy including monitoring and assessment of the level of consciousness, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems; as well as delivery of IV conscious sedation agents to include drugs in the classifications of opiods, benzodiazepines and sedative hypnotics and their reversal agents
  • Initiates ventilator protocols; implements and coordinates ventilator management.
  • Performs advanced airway care to include tracheotomy changes, extubation and intubation.
  • Initiates and monitors high frequency ventilators.
  • In NICU Therapists will also perform: Surfactant delivery, intubation and attend high risk deliveries.
  • Optional procedures: transport team, intubation, and Back-up charge therapist.
  • Initiates and monitors Nitric Oxide delivery
  • Performs department specific functions as detailed within the summary of the department specific duties
  • Other duties as assigned

Benefits

  • Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
  • Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
  • Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
  • Malpractice liability insurance
  • Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
  • EPIC electronic charting system
  • free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more

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