Casual Respiratory Therapist role providing specialized respiratory care and life-support services to patients with cardiopulmonary conditions across various clinical settings.
Responsibilities
Assess patient conditions, review physician orders, and evaluate clinical information to determine appropriate respiratory therapy interventions.
Set up, operate, monitor, and adjust respiratory therapy equipment, including mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas systems, and aerosol delivery devices.
Monitor patient responses to therapy, including vital signs, arterial blood gases, and other relevant clinical data, and communicate changes or adverse reactions to the appropriate provider.
Provide advanced respiratory therapies and modalities, including Nitric Oxide (NO) administration and Tracheal Gas Insufflation (TGI), as applicable.
Provide respiratory care in a variety of clinical settings, which may include the Emergency Department, OR, Cath Lab, recovery areas, Lung Center, and patient transport.
The Critical Care Advanced Practitioner Provider (APP) provides advanced, comprehensive care to critically ill and medically complex patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Responsibilities
Provide advanced, comprehensive care to critically ill patients in the ICU
Work independently and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team
Apply evidence‑based practice and procedural expertise to manage complex medical conditions
Requirements
Board‑certified and licensed Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA)
Provides respiratory therapy services in intensive care and critical care settings, including airway management, mechanical ventilation, and patient education.
Responsibilities
Perform respiratory therapy procedures per physician orders
Assist in training new team members
Obtain and analyze blood gases
Initiate and manage airways and ventilation
Document and charge procedures
Requirements
Associate's Degree in Respiratory Therapy
Graduate of a school for Respiratory Therapy approved by the American Medical Association or successor
The Licensed Respiratory Therapist assesses, implements, and evaluates the delivery of respiratory care services utilizing processes in accordance with hospital standards and department policies for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient status.
Locations (2)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Compensation
Eligible for up to $10,000 sign-on bonus and up to $5,000 relocation bonus
Responsibilities
Assesses & delivers care/interventions to patients in non-critical care areas
Performs computer entry, verifies physician orders, and documents pertinent clinical information
Provides mechanical ventilation, invasive/non-invasive, while monitoring & measuring patient parameters
Attends to ventilator maintenance & setting changes
Responds to code blues, RIT/CRIT calls, and transports in a timely manner
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Care program