NEO/PEDI RESPIRATORY THERAPIST
Core
Provides critical respiratory care, including ventilator management, intubation, and medication administration, to neonates and pediatric patients in a hospital setting.
Role type
Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Therapist
Builds
Patient respiratory stability and recovery through mechanical ventilation and airway management
Domain
Healthcare - Neonatal/Pediatric Critical Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Mechanical ventilator management, endotracheal intubation, arterial blood gas analysis, neonatal/pediatric airway physiology, code team response, heliox system operation
Preferred skills
Neonatal transport team experience, nitric oxide (iNO) management, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)
Technologies
BMD-10 transport ventilator, blood gas analyzers, CPAP devices, end-tidal CO2 detectors
Responsibilities
Set up and troubleshoot mechanical ventilators and transport ventilators; perform endotracheal intubation and extubation on neonates and pediatric patients; administer respiratory medications and therapeutic modalities; perform arterial punctures and capillary gas analysis; manage heliox systems and nitric oxide therapy; participate in code teams and perform CPR; transport patients within the hospital and to other facilities.
Seniority
Individual Contributor, Clinical Staff