About this role
AdventHealth Tampa is hiring a full-time Night Shift NICU Respiratory Therapist to provide advanced neonatal and pediatric respiratory care at their Tampa, Florida campus.
### What you'll do
- Assess, stabilize, and treat neonatal and pediatric patients using protocols established for respiratory services, including managing conventional and non-conventional mechanical ventilation
- Perform hemodynamic procedures including arterial line assembly and calibration, pulmonary artery catheter assistance, and arterial/venous cannulation (radial artery, umbilical artery, umbilical vein)
- Obtain, analyze, and report arterial blood gases and co-oximetry findings; initiate, transport, and monitor mechanical ventilators
- Respond to Code Blue emergencies, delivering CPR and providing advanced airway management and procedural respiratory support
- Deliver respiratory therapies including nitric oxide, heliox, non-invasive bilevel, high-flow oxygen, and oscillatory chest physiotherapy
- Precept new orientee staff, serve as a clinical resource for lower-level therapists, and consult for Pediatric Emergency Department respiratory patients
### What we're looking for
- Associate's degree in Respiratory Care or Cardiopulmonary Science (Bachelor's preferred)
- Current Florida RRT license and graduation from an NBRC-accredited Respiratory Care program
- NBRC Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care Specialty credential (CRT-NPS) required
- BLS, ACLS, PALS, and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications required
- Minimum 2 years of neonatal and/or pediatric critical care clinical experience in an acute care setting
- Advanced competency in neonatal/pediatric oscillator management, proning protocols, and endotracheal intubation
### What's included
- Sign-on bonus up to $15,000
- Relocation assistance up to $10,000
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance from day one
- Paid time off from day one
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Four weeks of 100% paid parental leave
- Career development and whole-person well-being resources
### About the practice
AdventHealth Tampa is a full-service acute care hospital located at 3100 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL, part of the AdventHealth system — one of the largest faith-based health networks in the country. The NICU program supports complex neonatal and pediatric populations with state-of-the-art respiratory and hemodynamic technology. Night shift hours are 3×12, 7p–7a, including every other weekend.