Respiratory Therapist - Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Job Opening

Position Summary: Responsible for respiratory therapy duties including oxygen and aerosol therapy, administration of specialty gases, application of ventilators, arterial puncture, blood gas analysis, implement patient driven protocols, and other duties as assigned.

The Neonatal/Pediatric Transport RT provides highly skilled pediatric and neonatal critical care. While on transport, the RTs are responsible for the resuscitation and stabilization of critically ill children (ages less than 0 and up through 24 months) and transporting patients for their necessary medical care. While in-house, the transport RT’s are expert clinical resources available to assist with select patient care activities and to help with the establishment and maintenance of high quality standards of care for all neonatal and pediatric patients. Always, their primary responsibility is transport and immediate relief from other patient care activities is a requirement.

Key Areas of Responsibility: Institutes and provides mechanical ventilation; institutes & provides all forms of cpap & bipap; delivers medical gas therapy; provides safe delivery of medicated aerosol & general therapies; provides pulmonary hygiene standards; performs blood gas sampling & analysis; provides non-invasive monitoring; assist in the orientation of staff members; assist in the training of students; assist in the support of respiratory care technicians, as appropriate; adheres to hospital epidemiological practices; maintains appearance, demeanor, and attendance; maintains licensure; performs other special projects & tasks as assigned.

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

Our primary and specialty care is provided by experts from all medical specialties, attracting patients from around the world. We offer our care in convenient, comfortable settings, using the most advanced approaches and with the best outcomes as our goal.

The university is located along the picturesque Iowa River in Iowa City, a city of some 77,000 people (170,000+ in the metro area) regularly ranked as one of the nation’s best places to live. Iowa City is less than four hours from Chicago and within five hours of Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City, readily accessible via interstate highways and a regional airport 30 minutes away.

ADDITIONAL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Two professional references are required.

Please attach a cover letter as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact Lu Wilford at [email protected]

Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check and degree/credential verification.