Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT

HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital; Kissimmee (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, dental, &

Vision benefits

Job summary

HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital invites a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) to join our care team in Kissimmee, FL. You will assess respiratory status, deliver evidence-based therapies, and manage ventilation in emergency, critical care, and obstetric settings.

The role includes educating patients and families, supporting the care team, and maintaining respiratory equipment with strict infection prevention standards. Eligibility requires RRT certification and related credentials.

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 30 days
• Neonate Resuscitation within 90 days
• PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days
• NBRC-RRT certification
• Associate Degree in respiratory care
• RRT/RCP-State licensure

Responsibilities

• Assessing respiratory status by performing focused exams, interpreting breath sounds and airway patency.
• Delivering evidence-based therapy with oxygen, aerosols, airway clearance and other treatments across settings.
• Managing ventilation and airways with invasive/noninvasive ventilation and rapid response to changes.
• Educating patients and families, coordinating with care teams, and assisting with newborn stabilization when needed.
• Maintaining equipment, ensuring readiness, and complying with infection-prevention standards.

Education

NBRC-RRT

Associate Degree

RRT/RCP-State

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Job description

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. Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT

Job Summary And Qualifications

• 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.

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Neonate Resuscitate must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• (NBRC-RRT) Registered Respiratory Therapist
• Associate Degree
• (RRT/RCP-State) Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner

Benefits

HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs 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 support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for 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.

HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital is a purpose-guided healthcare provider. We are a four-story, 150,000-square-foot hospital. We have 70 private beds and a six-bed private ICU. We provide a full range of acute care services including emergency services, inpatient and outpatient diagnostic imaging, and inpatient and outpatient surgery. Other services include cardiac catheterization, laboratory, pharmacy, and a full range of support services. Our Emergency Department (ED) is approximately 14,500 square feet. Our ED consists of 22 private treatment rooms, an EMS entrance, and a helicopter pad.

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.

“There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT opening

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.