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Job Title: RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER, Advanced

RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER, Advanced Neonatal/Pediatric

Shift: Days 7a-7p or Nights 7p-7a

36 hours week 
Job Code: 4250
FLSA: N
Job Level: F1 (August 2019)
Revised Date: 03/06/2018
Supervisory Responsibility: No

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Duke Raleigh Hospital is looking for Respiratory Care Practitioners to join our team.  Duke employees are part of a premier organization dedicated to excellence in education, research, and patient care.  This is a full-time position. Duke Raleigh is in Raleigh, NC, centrally located between the beaches and mountains.  

Sign-On Bonus: $15,000   

Relocation:

Relocation allowance offered for out-of-state candidates and for eligible in-state candidates living outside of a mileage radius (75 miles) of Duke University Hospital.  

Continuing Education:

Over 100 free CEU's offered onsite each year including ventilation and airway management, pulmonary disease management, patient / family education and high-frequency ventilation symposium.  

General Description of the Job Class

Perform diagnostic and therapeutic clinical procedures as defined in the Respiratory Care Services scope of clinical practice. Work performed in accordance with physician orders. Defined duties are performed working strictly with adult populations or working only with neonatal, pediatric populations, but not with both.   

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• Perform all duties and responsibilities required of a Respiratory Care Practitioner.
• Evaluate appropriateness of medical orders.
• Proficient in the application of mechanical ventilator modalities.
• Proficient in the application of Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV); Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP)
• Perform endotracheal intubation under the observation of a Clinical Team Lead.
• Perform extubations.
• Serve as member of the code/ emergency team. Administer medical gases. Insert nasogastric and orogastric tubes.
• Perform tracheotomy tube changes.
• Perform capnography monitoring. Transport patients requiring mechanical ventilation or airway protection.
• Interpret clinical data to optimize patient clinical objectives.
• Participate in clinical rounds with physicians, nurses and other health care providers
• Assist with Bronchoscopy.
• Assist with orientation and training of Resp. Care Practitioner.
• Assure safe operations of devices in the MRI.
• Qualified for certification in the hyperbaric chamber if applicable to the institution scope of practice

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education

• Completion of a 2 year AMA approved respiratory care program (Associates Degree or the equivalent) and North Carolina State Licensure and Registry (RRT) by the National Association for Respiratory Care (NBRC). 
• Must maintain annual skill maintenance requirements
• Must maintain annual safety/compliance requirements
• Must maintain North Carolina annual license requirements for CEUs

Experience

Level I Trauma - ICU experience strongly preferred

Minimum six months clinical experience following graduation from an AMA approved respiratory care program.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

North Carolina State Licensure and Registry (RRT) by the National Association for Respiratory Care (NBRC).  

Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Pediatric RCP's need your NRP, PALS and ACLS within 90 days of hire.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge necessary to make appropriate clinical decisions and interaction relative to the specific age of a patient.
• Skills validation/certification of competencies for the duties and responsibilities required for a Respiratory Care Practitioner.
• Skills validation / certifications of competencies for the duties and responsibilities of this level.
• Work involves contact with patients of all ages, family members, physicians, nursing, and all other members of the health care team.
• Work is performed in all areas of the hospital.
• Work may require lifting or pushing in excess of 30 pounds.
• Required to carry emergency airway bag weighing approximately 20 pounds.
• Work requires walking, running, climbing and bending. Customer service and communication expertise

Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level

N/A

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Job Code: 4250

Job Title: RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER, Advanced
Job Level: F1

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