Registered Respiratory Therapist NICU Registry

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Summary of Job Responsibilities: Assess, monitor, treat, and care for neonatal patients requiring respiratory interventions.

• Provides advanced airway management, may include intubation.
• Assume primary responsibility (select, assemble, monitor and manage) for respiratory care modalities including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, bubble cpap, and high frequency oscillator and jet ventilation.
• Medication administration via nebulizer and intratracheally (surfactant administration) and medical gases (Nitric Oxide)
• Initiate and conduct therapeutic treatments/procedures such as aerosol therapy, airway clearance, and secretion mobilization.
• Attends and is an active team member for high-risk deliveries and neonatal rapid response codes,
• Blood gas acquisition and analysis
• Communicates with the care team by making recommendations based on patient's lung compliance, response to therapy, and laboratory/xray results; recommendations include initiation, escalation, de-escalation, and discontinuation
• Documents work efficiently and accurately in the patient medical record and department records and assures all patient billing is complete.
• Provide clinical precepting of new team members or students, as needed.
• Communicate with patient’s families, providing education regarding respiratory care being provided and/or in preparation for discharge.
• Participate in quality improvement projects

Requirements: Registered Respiratory Therapist. Licensed in the state of Illinois. CPR. NRP certification. Level 3 NICU experience required. NPS preferred or willing to obtain within 2 years of hire.

Registry position:  Registry positions are not eligible for benefits.  Registry employees may participate in the Retirement Savings Plan.

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Benefits for You

At Silver Cross Hospital, we care about your health and well-being and that is why we work hard to provide quality and affordable benefit options for you and your eligible family members.   

Silver Cross Hospital and Silver Cross Medical Groups offer a comprehensive benefit package available for Full-time and Part-time employees which includes:

·       Medical, Dental and Vision plans

·       Life Insurance

·       Flexible Spending Account

·       Other voluntary benefit plans

·       PTO and Sick time

·       401(k) plan with a match

·       Wellness program

·       Tuition Reimbursement

Registry employees who meet eligibility may participate in one of our 401(k) Savings plan with a potential match.  However,registry employees are ineligible for Health and Welfare benefits.

The final pay rate offered may be more than the posted range based on several factors including but not limited to: licensure, certifications, work experience, education, knowledge, demonstrated abilities, internal equity, market data, and more.

The expected pay for this position is listed below: