Respiratory Therapist RT II (RRT) - Super Pool

Novant Health; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Novant Health as a Registered Respiratory Therapist in Winston-Salem, NC. This full-time nightshift role involves providing quality patient care in various settings, advocating for patients, and ensuring timely interventions. The organization values diversity and offers a supportive environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Clinical Ladder Program for career advancement

Recognition for LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality

Top ratings in patient safety

Qualifications

• Responsible for providing safe, continuous quality patient care.
• Demonstrate independence and uphold professional respiratory standards.

Responsibilities

• Act as a patient advocate, incorporating education into care plans.
• Administer and evaluate medication therapies and perform patient transfers.
• Assess patient needs and provide routine respiratory care.

Skills

Independence

Patient Advocacy

Critical Care Management

Education

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Job description

Job Summary

Regional Respiratory Therapist Resource Team

• Schedule: 7pm-7am - Full-time Nightshift
• Department: PNRT Respiratory Float Pool
• Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Why become a Registered Respiratory Therapist at Novant Health?

• Clinical Ladder Program to help you advance your respiratory career.
• Recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers By State for 2022
• One of the nation’s 150 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review
• Recognized as Leaders in LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign
• One of the Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion by Disability: IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities
• One of the Best Places for Diverse & Women Managers to Work by Diversity MBAMagazine
• Top ratings in patient safety from The Leapfrog Group
• Quality and safety recognition from CMS

Professional Resource Team (PNRT) RRTs are responsible for providing safe, continuous quality patient care in a variety of settings. They are part of a market-based respiratory resource team assigned across multiple facilities within the Greater Charlotte (GCM) market, working in 5 or more locations. These RRTs demonstrate independence, rule consciousness, social boldness, and change readiness, and uphold professional respiratory standards and inter-professional collaboration. They are early adopters of Novant Health systems, technology, and workflows, committed to improving community health through innovation and research, providing high-quality, affordable healthcare, and supporting their workforce.

Join a team where quality care meets quality service in every dimension, every time!

Responsibilities

Every team member at Novant Health is responsible for delivering a remarkable patient experience.

• Act as a patient advocate, incorporating education into the interdisciplinary care plan.
• Prioritize duties based on patient needs and acuity, ensuring timely care interventions and medical orders.
• Administer and evaluate medication therapies, perform patient transfers, and transport patients.
• Assess patient needs and provide routine respiratory care (e.g., ABGs, bronchial hygiene therapy) and higher-level care in critical situations.
• Demonstrate independence in respiratory care practices, adhering to state requirements and standards.
• Critical Care Specific: Ventilator management, code blue response, airway management, blood gas analysis interpretation, and protocol adherence.

We value diversity and inclusion, engaging the talents of all team members to provide exceptional healthcare. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Let Novant Health be your destination for professional growth!