Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT

About the Role

As a Respiratory Therapist, you will play an essential role in guiding patients through both routine care and critical moments. You will perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures while managing invasive and noninvasive ventilation across a variety of care settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Assessing respiratory status by performing focused exams, interpreting breath sounds and airway patency, and determining the need for respiratory interventions.
• Delivering evidence-based therapy by providing oxygen support, aerosolized medications, airway clearance techniques, and other treatments across emergency, critical care, and acute settings.
• Managing ventilation and airways by assisting with artificial airway placement, initiating and adjusting invasive and noninvasive ventilation, monitoring patient responses, and responding quickly to clinical changes or emergencies.
• Supporting patients and the care team by educating patients and families, serving as a clinical resource, partnering with physicians and nurses, and helping stabilize newborns during deliveries when needed.
• Maintaining equipment and safety by setting up, operating, and cleaning respiratory equipment; ensuring readiness and preventive maintenance; transporting ventilated patients safely; and following all infection-prevention standards.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date)
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date)
• (NBRC-RRT) Registered Respiratory Therapist
• (RRT/RCP-State) Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner
• Associate Degree
• No Travel Required

Qualifications

• No experience required.