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Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
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Hours: 48 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Aug 3, 2026
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Length: 24 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is seeking a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) with trauma experience for a night shift position at a Level 2 trauma center with a Level 3 NICU, serving an infant-to-geriatric patient population.
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Level 2 trauma center that is interventional stroke certified and home to a Level 3 NICU that serves as a regional transport resource
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Primarily adult RRT scope, with exposure to pediatric intubated patients and infants through geriatric population
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Responsibilities include managing non-invasive and conventional ventilation, aerosol therapy, bedside pulmonary function tests, oxygen management, arterial line placement, arterial blood gas (ABG) and capillary blood gas draws, and patient education
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EMR system: Epic; additional systems include Pyxis, SBAR, Viasys Vela, GE Carescape, and Viasys Avea
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Night shift, 18:30–07:00; 4x12 or 3x12 schedules available — indicate preference
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Every other weekend required
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Floating within the facility and to a sister campus as needed
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No on-call requirements
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Minimum 1 year of respiratory therapy experience
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Trauma experience required
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Pulmonary function testing (spirometry) experience preferred
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Active Georgia RRT license required if applicable
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Current certifications required: BLS, ACLS, PALS
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Copies of all required certifications required for consideration
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First-time travelers are accepted for this position
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Local candidates are accepted
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Scrub color: Slate Gray
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RTO maximum is 7 days; RTO cannot be requested during the first week of the assignment
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If one or two major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers are expected to work all of them with no holiday RTO
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If three major holidays fall within the assignment period, travelers are expected to work two; one holiday RTO request may be submitted for review
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Major holidays include: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday, Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day
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Travelers who have previously worked at any Piedmont facility must have been away for a full year before returning as a traveler
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No schedule change requests or alternate shift requests will be considered — the posted night shift is firm
