Respirtory Therapist Full time Days

Baptist Health; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a full-time Respiratory Therapist in Paducah, KY. The role involves providing respiratory care to patients of all age groups and requires certification and a Kentucky license. Competitive benefits, including tuition assistance and paid time off, are offered. Join a supportive team focused on clinical excellence.

Benefits

Tuition Assistance reimbursement program

Paid Time Off available upon hire

Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (includes pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Qualifications

• Must have CRT or RRT Credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care.
• Mandatory Kentucky License required for practice.

Responsibilities

• Performs respiratory care procedures in response to patient needs.
• Communicates the patient care plan effectively with the team.
• Assesses the respiratory status of patients and performs airway management.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Communication

Airway Management

Team Collaboration

Education

CRT or RRT Credential

Kentucky Mandatory License

Job description

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Respirtory Therapist Full time Days

Apply locations Paducah, KY time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R25087820

Job Description:

Respiratory Therapist - Sign On Bonus available for candidates who have not been employed by Baptist Health or its affiliates within the preceding 12 months.

Full Time - 12 hour shifts, day shift

Job Description

The Respiratory Therapist provides basic respiratory care to neonates through geriatrics in generally predictable, although critical, situations under the supervision of the manager and with shift supervisor resource. Staff practitioners will be responsible for the delivery of quality patient care and basic quality improvement data retrieval based on specific instructions and guidelines.

Job Duties

• Performs respiratory care procedures in response to patient needs, physical direction/orders, and within the limits of established Baptist Health Paducah and Respiratory Care department policies and procedures.
• Has access to medication storage areas pertinent to required job tasks. Maintains a secure medication storage area.
• Assesses the respiratory status of assigned patients through physical exam, chart review of history/physical and response to ordered therapies.
• Performs airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation as required.
• Communicates the patient care plan thoroughly and effectively with peers, physicians, and nursing staff maintains a team focus during and between shifts. Maintains good customer service/communication skills. Provides shift change report to oncoming staff.

Requirements

• CRT or RRT Credential – National Board of Respiratory Care
• Kentucky Mandatory Certificate/License

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

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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

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, call800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call800.648.6056.