Travel Respiratory Therapist
San Diego, CA
Tact Staff
5x8 hrs

*Experience must be from a dedicated children's facility, not a general or adult facility with experience from a peds unit*

*Seeking strong pediatric ICU skill set; therapists who can jump in and work across at least two of the three ICUs including a Level IV NICU, Level I PICU, and/or the Cardiothoracic ICU*

Requirements:
• California RCP License in hand
• RRT national credential required; RRT-NPS preferred
• 2 years’ of recent pediatric ICU experience from a children’s hospital
• Experience with trachs and vents, suctioning, and oxygen. No specialty or blood gases needed.
• BLS (AHA)
• PALS (AHA)
• NRP (AHA) - Must be Advanced; Essential no longer accepted. Must have in hand or registered for an Advanced class in which they will have in hand prior to start date.
• Flu shot required

Schedule Information:
• 3x12 Nights
• Weekend shifts per contract: 4 weekend shifts per 4-week period. It will be 2 full weekends in a 4-week schedule block. Scheduling blocks are 4 weeks long. They try to schedule staff and travelers every other weekend off, if possible, but not guaranteed. Night shift weekends are considered Fridays and Saturdays

RTO: 6 days max. All RTO required up front, no exceptions
*Must be available to work 2 out of 3 holidays

Patient Population:
Pediatric care from acute care on the floors, pulmonary floor (treating pts with asthma, bronchiolitis, cerebral palsy, developmental delay, cystic fibrosis, tracheostomy-ventilated support), trauma, Medical (treating pts with bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia), PICU (treating mostly intubated pts and therapies including specialty gases heliox/iNO), NICU and CTICU where heart transplants are performed. High acuity Level 4 NICU. High acuity patients on floors.

*Named one of the Top 10 Best Children's Hospitals in the Nation by U.S News & World Report*