Registered Respiratory Therapist

North Mississippi Health Services; Winfield (AL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

North Mississippi Health Services is seeking a Registered Respiratory Therapist to provide comprehensive respiratory care to a diverse patient population. The role focuses on therapy prescribed by physicians, equipment management, and documentation to ensure patient safety and satisfaction.

Required skills include effective communication, leadership, and problem-solving as part of a clinical team. The position emphasizes adherence to hospital policies and regulatory standards while delivering

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with patients, families, and staff.
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork in a clinical setting.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents respiratory therapy services per hospital policies and accrediting bodies.
• Provides direct respiratory care as prescribed by physicians (evaluation, ventilation, oxygenation, airway management, blood gas handling).
• Initiates timely, cost-effective, professional actions aligned with the hospital mission.
• Adheres to safety and infection control standards.
• Cleans, sterilizes, and maintains respiratory equipment and conducts preventive maintenance.
• Performs additional duties and demonstrates team spirit to ensure patient satisfaction.
• Attends inservices and performance-improvement activities, including required competencies.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Teamwork

Job description

Posting Description

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' \"True North\" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

Job Summary

The Registered Respiratory Therapist at North Mississippi Health Services is responsible for providing comprehensive respiratory care services to a diverse patient population, adhering to hospital policies and regulatory standards. The therapist will offer direct respiratory care as prescribed by physicians, manage equipment and documentation, and contribute to the overall mission of the hospital by ensuring patient safety and satisfaction. Effective communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills are crucial, given the extensive contact with various stakeholders including patients, staff, and physicians.

Job Functions

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents quality Respiratory Therapy services to patients in accordance with hospital policies/procedures and criterion established by various legal and regulatory accrediting bodies.


• Provides direct respiratory care to patients as prescribed by the patient’s attending physician.These disciplines include:patient evaluation/assessment, ventilation, managing airways, oxygenation, quality control and diagnostic procedures including blood gases as requested, and related duties (documenting permanent health information on each patient treated).


• Initiates responsibilities in an quality, timely, cost effective, confidential, professional manner conducive with the overall mission/vision of the hospital.


• Adheres to general safety and infection control standards.


• Cleans and sterilizes respiratory equipment in a timely manner to ensure compliance with infection control standards, initiates preventive maintenance on departmental equipment; and selects, assembles, and properly tests equipment prior to initiating patient care.


• Performs other duties as assigned while demonstrating willingness, ability and team spirit to provide optimal customer satisfaction.


• Attends, demonstrates, and participates in required inservices, performance improvement activities (including EXCEL), annual competencies, and other educational programs.