PEDS Children Respiratory Therapy

Memorial Health University Medical Center; Bluffton (GA); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

Disability coverage

Tuition and education support

Retirement/401(k) plan

Employee scholarship programs

Résumé du poste

Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA, is seeking experienced Respiratory Therapists to join one of the Southeast's most advanced neonatal and pediatric programs. Become part of a team delivering life-saving respiratory care in Georgia's first Regional Perinatal Center and Level IV NICU.

You will work with highly skilled specialists, provide care for critically ill newborns and children, and collaborate closely with physicians and nurses to ensure the best outcomes in a safe,

Qualifications

• ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications must be obtained within 30 days of start date.
• RRT/RCP state licensure required.
• Associate or Bachelor degree in Respiratory Therapy or equivalent.

Responsabilités

• Assess respiratory status and perform focused exams and airway patency assessment.
• Deliver evidence-based respiratory therapy across emergency, critical care, and acute settings.
• Manage artificial airways and invasive/noninvasive ventilation, monitoring patient responses.
• Educate patients and families and collaborate with physicians and nurses to stabilize newborns during deliveries.
• Maintain and sanitize respiratory equipment, ensure readiness and infection-prevention standards.

Connaissances

ACLS within 30 days

BLS within 30 days

PALS within 30 days

RRT/RCP-State

Formation

Associate or Bachelor degree

Description du poste

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Are you ready to practice respiratory care at the highest level?

Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital is seeking experienced Respiratory Therapists to join one of the most advanced neonatal and pediatric programs in the Southeast. If you're passionate about caring for critically ill newborns and children while working alongside nationally recognized specialists, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. As part of our team, you'll provide life‑saving respiratory care in Georgia's first Regional Perinatal Center and birthing hospital to earn the prestigious AAP‑accredited Level IV Neonatal Center designation, the highest level of neonatal care available.

Why Experienced Respiratory Therapists Choose Memorial Health Practice at the Highest Level of Neonatal Care

Our 92‑bed Level IV NICU serves as the regional referral center for critically ill and premature infants across a 24‑county region in Southeast Georgia and Southern South Carolina.

You’ll care for:

• Extremely premature infants born as early as 22‑24 weeks gestation
• Neonates requiring complex respiratory management
• Patients with congenital anomalies requiring immediate surgical intervention High‑acuity pediatric patients across our
• Children's Hospital continuum of care

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Respiratory Therapist,you’llplay an essential role in guiding patients through both routine care and critical moments.You’llperform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures while managing invasive and noninvasive ventilation across a variety of care settings.You’llhave access to advanced respiratory technology, mentorship from experienced RT leaders, and the support of a dependable, collaborative team that will set you up for success and ongoing professional growth. And with consistent, predictable scheduling,you’llhave the stability and resources to deliver your best care, continue building yourexpertise, and make a lasting impact on patient health every day.

Your role will include:

• Assessing respiratory statusby performing focused exams, interpreting breath sounds and airway patency, anddeterminingthe need for respiratory interventions.
• Deliveringevidence-based therapyby providing oxygen support, aerosolized medications, airway clearance techniques, and other treatments across emergency, critical care, and acute settings.
• Managing ventilation and airwaysbyassistingwith artificial airway placement,initiatingand adjusting invasive and noninvasive ventilation,monitoringpatientresponses, and responding quickly to clinical changes or emergencies.
• Supporting patients and the care teamby educating patients and families, serving as a clinical resource, partnering with physicians and nurses, and helping stabilize newborns during deliveries when needed.
• Maintainingequipment and safetyby setting up,operating, and cleaning respiratory equipment; ensuring readiness and preventive maintenance; transporting ventilated patients safely; and following all infection‑prevention standards.

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RRT/RCP-State) Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner
• Associate Degree or Bachelors Degree required.

Benefits

Memorial Health University Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long‑and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Memorial Health University Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1955, giving patients access to highly‑trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 600+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities that serves 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. Located in Savannah, Georgia, we are a regional referral center for heart care, cancer care, trauma care, children's care, high‑risk pregnancies and high‑risk newborn care. Our hospital includes the region's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital, as well as the Savannah campus of Mercer University School of Medicine.

At Memorial Health, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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