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UNC Health is Hiring a Travel Respiratory Therapist (Temporary) Near Chapel Hill, NC
Join our ONE Great Team! UNC Health was recently named a Top 150 Places to Work in healthcare by Becker's Healthcare. Join our award winning team as a traveler. Travelers Support: UNC Hospitals UNC Rex/UNC Rex Holly Springs Hospital Available shifts: Three (3), 12 hours shifts per week required to work every other weekend for the duration of the agreement period. Non-Benefits Eligible Option Agreement duration is 13 weeks (with the ability to renew) Hourly Rate: $70hr Days / $75/hr NightsBenefits Eligible Option Agreement duration is 26 weeks (with the ability to renew) - Hourly Rates: $65/hr"UNC Health's new North Carolina Surgical Hospital, slated to debut in the spring of 2024, boasts state-of-the-art operating rooms and patient-centric healing environments. This space will connect to our existing five-building UNC Medical Center campus and feature the following: -Seven stories with 375,000 square feet -26 ORS, including hybrid rooms accommodating imaging technology. -59 pre- and post-operative rooms -80 ICU beds and 15 surgical observation beds "Work Location: UNC Medical Center - Surgical Tower - Chapel Hill North CarolinaSummaryThis position is a temporary travel Respiratory Therapist. Under the direction of department management and according to policies and procedures as defined in the Department Policy and Procedure Manuals, administers respiratory care procedures and treatments designed to assess, prevent, stabilize or remedy patients' respiratory dysfunction. After completion of orientation, functions independently with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities
- Administers standard Respiratory Care including but not limited to, aerosol medication delivery, basic bedside pulmonary function testing, breathing exercises, oxygen therapy, arterial cannulation and arterial punctures. Provides for all aspects of airway management including aspiration of established airways, tracheostomy care, tracheostomy tube changes, endotracheal intubations and extubations. May perform Pulmonary Function Testing as needed.
- May be required to be on-call days, nights, weekends and holidays.
- May Perform all aspects of ventilator care to include, but not limited to setting up the ventilator and verifying function using specialized ventilator modes to manage the patients disease process. Provide for an appropriate monitoring of these patients and provide appropriate weaning techniques.
- Maintains and improves job knowledge and skills. Serves as resource to other staff reflective of experience level. Serves as resource for physicians and other UNCHCS staff. Aids in training new staff members, students and new physicians. Provides in-services as required. May assume Charge Therapist responsibilities.
- Records completely all pertinent information pertaining to patient care procedures per hospital and departmental policies. Records patient information in electronic medical record system.
- Graduation from an accredited Respiratory Therapy program.
- Licensed as a Respiratory Care Practitioner by the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board. Must be registered (RRT) by the National Board of Respiratory Care. BLS on hire. Must have either ACLS-Adults, NRP – NICU, PALS – PICU/Rex, CPFT – PFT, Advanced Practice certificate to administer moderate sedation in the Bronchoscopy Lab. Must maintain certification annually.
- Two (2) years of experience as a Respiratory Therapist
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret clinical information and technical procedures. Ability to document clinical information. Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions from patients, physicians, family members, and other staff. Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical situations.
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: Respiratory Therapy Internal Travelers
Work Type: Temporary Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Job Summary
Temporary
Hospital
$67k-80k (estimate)
05/27/2024
06/22/2024
www.unchealthcare.org
Morrisville, North Carolina
15,000 - 50,000
Tom Murray
<$5M
Hospital
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About UNC Health
The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit integrated health care system, founded in 1998, owned by the State of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. A distinguishing characteristic of UNC Health Care is its association with the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution. This relationship gives UNC Health Care a powerful pathway for moving the results of biomedical research from medical school laboratories to patient care settin ...
gs. UNC Health Care has been granted broad powers by the North Carolina General Assembly to assure its management flexibility and competitiveness in a rapidly changing health care business environment. The enterprise is governed by a board of directors appointed by the University of North Carolina.
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