Respiratory Therapist Full Time Days

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Respiratory Therapist (RRT/CRT) for a full-time Day shift. You will assess, treat, and monitor patients with respiratory diseases, deliver ventilator support, and perform diagnostic tests per the provider’s orders.

Requirements include graduation from an accredited RT program, a current Kentucky Respiratory Care license, and NBRC-credentialed RRT or CRT. A $10,000 sign-on bonus is available for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited respiratory therapy program.
• Current Kentucky Respiratory Care license required.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) by NBRC required.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat, and monitor patients with respiratory diseases and conditions.
• Deliver medicated and non-medicated therapy as ordered by the provider.
• Provide invasive and non-invasive ventilator support for acute respiratory failure.
• Perform diagnostic test procedures as part of patient assessment and management.
• Assist in departmental operations including quality improvement projects, equipment and supplies.

Education

Graduate from an accredited respiratory therapy program

Kentucky Respiratory Care license

NBRC RRT or CRT certification

Job description

Summary

RRT/CRT - Respiratory Therapy $10,000 sign on bonus for eligible candidates! Full-time, Day shift

Job Description

The respiratory therapist assesses, treats, and monitors patients with respiratory diseases and conditions. This includes the delivery of medicated and non-medicated therapy as ordered by the provider. Additionally, therapists provide invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilator support for acute respiratory failure. As part of patient assessment and management, the therapist performs diagnostic test procedures. In addition, therapist assists in departmental operations by addicting with quality improvement projects, equipment, and supplies. The certified therapist follows all applicable rules and regulations established by the licensure board depending on the state in which respiratory therapy is practiced.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited respiratory therapy program required.
• Current Kentucky Respiratory Care license required.
• Registered Respiratory therapist (RRT) OR Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy preferred.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

About Us

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410‑bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40‑bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Additional Information

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

Accessibility

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.