registered respiratory therapist

Respiratory Therapist

Sentara Health is currently recruiting for a full time, day shift respiratory therapist at our Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA.

Join our energetic team! We are devoted to continuously improving and peer coaching. Most of the respiratory leaders at Sentara started their career path at Sentara Leigh. Here at Leigh, we can teach you the foundations of respiratory therapy and make you a savvy therapist with a good skillset.

Required qualifications:

• Associates or bachelor's degree required. Non degreed applicants with RRT credentials prior to January 1, 2006 and graduates from a military RT program with RRT credentials will also be considered.

Certification/Licensure:

• State respiratory license
• NBRC RRT
• BLS required at time of hire.
• For new graduates only, must have state license and BLS at time of hire, and must obtain NBRC RRT within 6 months of hire date.

Experience:

• None required
• 1 year respiratory care experience preferred

Join our team, where we are committed to quality healthcare, improving health every day, and provide the opportunity for training, development, growth!

Benefits: Caring for your family and your career medical, dental, vision plans adoption, fertility and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000 paid time off and sick leave paid parental & family caregiver leave emergency backup care long-term, short-term disability, and critical illness plans life insurance 401k/403B with employer match tuition assistance $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education student debt pay down $10,000 reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development pet insurance legal resources plan colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated orthopedic hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited primary stroke center, and magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region's only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won't heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.