Registered Respiratory Therapist Pediatric

Location: Austin, TX

Facility: Dell Children's Medical Center

Department: Pediatric Respiratory Care

Schedule: Night shift | PRN

• Develop tailored care plans: Evaluate patients presenting with respiratory insufficiencies to establish individual, diagnosis-based treatment strategies.
• Deliver advanced respiratory therapy: Administer complex care modalities, manage specialized life-support equipment and monitor real-time clinical parameters to ensure patient stability.
• Optimize clinical outcomes: Continually evaluate medication efficacy and therapy response, adjusting care plans in close coordination with the multidisciplinary care team.
• Empower patients and families: Educate patients and caregivers on managing their conditions while connecting them with community support resources to foster long-term recovery.
• Lead emergency resuscitation: Respond swiftly to urgent resuscitation codes, delivering immediate critical airway and life-support interventions.

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
• Respiratory Care Practitioner credentialed from the Texas Respiratory Care Practitioners Certification Program obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
• Respiratory Therapist specializing in Registered credentialed from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
• Advanced Life Support preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
• Certification specializing in Neonatal Resuscitation credentialed from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) preferred.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's
  degree/Technical degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required