Respiratory Care Practitioners - "All Shifts Available"  
$15,000 Sign-on Bonus!  

Dartmouth Health is looking for Registered Respiratory Therapists who want to work in a fast-paced critical care environment with a high degree of autonomy using a multitude of respiratory driven protocols. We are offering the opportunity to work at an academic medical center in a rural environment. Experience incredible facilities, academic rigor, and a commitment to compassionate care in an environment that allows respiratory therapists to thrive in a growing department. 

Respiratory therapists at Dartmouth Health provide the following services: 

·       60 adult critical care beds (MICU, SICU & Cardiac ICU) 

·       Pediatric ICU 

·       Level 3 neonatal ICU 

·       RT / RN air and ground neonatal transport team 

·       Adult ECMO specialists are staffed by respiratory therapists 

·       Emergency response teams (Trauma, Code, Airway, rapid response) 

Dartmouth Health is the only academic medical center, tertiary care, and children’s hospital in the state of NH. 

You’ll be impressed at all we have to offer including: 

·       Work-life Balance Culture 

·       Earned Time Off 

·       8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art Patient Safety Training Center 

·       Health, Life, Dental, and Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance 

·       Outstanding Retirement Plan 

·       Flexible Spending Accounts 

·       Tuition Assistance 

·       Relocation Assistance 

·       On-Campus Child Care 

·       Free On-Site Parking 

·       Free Continuing Education Opportunities On-Site 

·       Career advancement opportunities with ECMO, Pediatric and Transport positions. 

·       2 person RT/RN air and ground neonatal transport team 

·       50 adult critical care beds (MICU, SICU & Cardiac ICU) 

·       Pediatric ICU 

·       Level 3 Neonatal ICU 

·       RRT to RTBS program at Colby-Sawyer College with discounted tuition. 

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and clinics in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth- Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.  

Job Locations: US-NH-Lebanon

$15,000 sign on bonus. 

This position is in the ambulatory Pulmonary department. 

8:00am - 5:00pm

Monday - Friday. 

Sets up and operates various types of oxygen and other therapeutic equipment. Administers prescribed doses of medicinal gases and aerosolized drugs.

1. Reviews existing data in patient record. Collects and evaluates additional pertinent clinical information by inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation and patient interview.
2. Inspects chest x-ray to determine presence of or changes in consolidation, atelectasis, pneumothorax, opacification, position of tracheal tube and other conditions.
3. Recommends respiratory care alternatives to meet patient care objectives. Recommends the collection of additional pertinent data through chest x-ray, blood gas analysis, pulmonary function studies, and other laboratory tests.
4. Performs and evaluates bedside spirometry, pulmonary mechanics and pulmonary function studies. Determines appropriateness of prescribed therapy and goals for identified pathophysiological state.
5. Selects, assembles and checks the equipment for proper function, operation and cleanliness, including correction of malfunctions. Performs procedures for disinfection and sterilization.
6. Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve maintenance of a patient airway, including maintenance of adequate humidification, use of appropriate oro-nasopharyngeal airways, and changing of tracheostomy tubes. Explains planned therapy and goals to patient.
7. Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve removal of bronchopulmonary secretions, and administers prescribed pharmacologic agents.
8. Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve adequate spontaneous and artificial ventilation.
9. Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve adequate oxygenation including adjustment of oxygen concentration, adjustment of PEEP/CPAP, and prevention of "iatrogenic" hypoxemia.
10. Evaluates and monitors patient's response to respiratory therapy. Modifies treatment techniques based on patient response to IPPB, incentive breathing devices, aerosol therapy, oxygen therapy and mechanical ventilation.
11. Initiates, conducts and modifies respiratory therapy techniques in an emergency setting, including CPR, monitoring and patient transport.
12. Records therapy and results as required by hospital policy and regulating agencies; communicates information to appropriate members of health care team.
13. May assist physician performing bronchoscopy, tracheostomy, and invasive monitoring.
14. Develops education and training programs, and conducting of in-service training for departmental and non-departmental staff.
15. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

• None

• Licensed Respiratory Practitioner within the State of NH
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) upon hire.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) required within six (6) months of hire.
• BLS required at time of hire.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online:
https://careers.dartmouth-health.org  

For inquiries only, please contact:
Patricia A. McDermott - Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist
patricia.a.mcdermott@hitchcock.org