Certified Respiratory Therapist

Certified Respiratory Therapist

Hourly Wage Estimate: $27.36 - $38.30 / hour Learn more about the benefits offered for this job.

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Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Certified Respiratory Therapist with LewisGale Hospital Pulaski you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Certified Respiratory Therapist, you will be working as part of the team to provide top-notch respiratory care to our patients, administering routine treatment modalities (CPT, Nebulizer Treatments, etc.) according to physician's orders and policy. You will refer to physician order and set-up and monitor oxygen accordingly.

You will gather arterial blood gas samples, perform analysis and report results to physician. Perform ventilator, BiPAP, and CPAP set up, while making any necessary changes. You will perform weaning parameters and extubations. EKG's and PFT's.

What qualifications you will need:

• Required: Graduate of approved Respiratory (CRT/ RRT) Program. Current license in good standing. Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Preferred: previous experience
• Hours: Full time, night shift

LewisGale Hospital Pulaski has provided quality healthcare services since 1915. We are located in Pulaski, Virginia. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. As a member of the LewisGale Regional Health System network, we provide a full scope of healthcare services. Our hospital is home to the LewisGale Regional Cancer Center Pulaski. The first medical facility in the region to provide a radioactive seed implant procedure which is a radiation therapy alternative for treating breast and prostate cancer. Our accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer comes with numerous commendations for our program of service and patient care. We specialize in orthopedics and are an accredited chest pain center.

At LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

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.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Certified Respiratory Therapist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

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.