RT - (Respiratory Therapist)
Virtual hiring process! No hour minimum per week!
ePeople Healthcare helps place you in facilities that fit your schedule best! We offer flexibility in choosing your own schedule, competitive rates, and locations across PA.
Make a difference on your own terms; Apply today to learn more!
Available shifts in your area:
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Seven Days a Week - FT or PT
- 7a-7p
- 7p-7a
Pay range:
Requirement Credentials:
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Valid Pennsylvania Respiratory Therapist License
- Valid Hands-on CPR Certification (Online only not accepted)
- Current Physical (within 1 year)
- Current Two-Step TB skin test (within 1 year), blood work (dated after application date), or chest X-ray (within 6 months)
- Clear Background Check (provided by ePeople; Some facilities will not accept anyone with a criminal record.)
- Current Drug Screen (provided by ePeople, if needed)
- Professional references (minimum of 2)
- The COVID-19 vaccine is required by the facilities we staff. Some facilities accept medical and religious waivers. Please inquire about the area you are interested in to see if the facility accepts waivers.
Benefits:
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Health Insurance
- Accrued PTO
- Flexible scheduling
- Referral bonus program
- GCU Tuition Program
- Weekly Payment
- Employee Rewards Program – earn additional PTO
Ideal candidates are expected to:
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Provide emergency care, including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages, compatible with physicians’ orders.
- Monitor patients’ physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur.
- Read prescriptions, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
- Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to manage patient care.
- Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders.
- Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.
- Inspect, clean, test and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
- Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment.
- Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears.
- Relay blood analysis results to a physician.
- Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results in therapy.
- Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.
- Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees and other health care personnel.
- Teach, train, supervise, and utilize the assistance of students, respiratory therapy technicians, and assistants.
- Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac and pulmonary research and to diagnose disorders.
- Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
- Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms, stress testing, and lung capacity, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions.
- Use AlayaCare App to schedule shifts with ePeople management, clock in and out, schedule shifts.
- Other duties as assigned.
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