Registered Respiratory Therapist

Location & Schedule Schedule: Full time Shift: Day (United States of America) Address: 501 REDMOND RD NW, ROME, GA 30165. Compensation Minimum Pay: $31/hr. Pay Range: $24.92 - $46.36. Up to $10,000 Sign-On Bonus for eligible candidates. Job Description Performs airway maintenance, including manual resuscitators, suctioning, intubation, extubation, and tracheostomy tube changes as needed. Delivers inhaled medications, bronchial hygiene therapy, lung expansion therapy, and manages patients receiving inhaled gases. Documents and charges procedures accurately and completely. Responds to Code Blue emergencies immediately, providing CPR per American Heart Association guidelines. Assesses and makes decisions/interventions based on patient evaluation. Sets patient goals and develops care plans with the multidisciplinary team. Monitors, evaluates, and interprets diagnostic data including lab results. Communicates effectively with the multidisciplinary team. Completes department orientation, critical care training, and advanced critical care training programs. Practices standard precautions and enforces safety regulations according to hospital policies. Provides respiratory care to patients on invasive and non‑invasive mechanical ventilators, including transport and monitoring. Performs hemodynamic procedures: arterial cannulation, pulmonary artery catheter insertion, and cardiac output profiling as needed. Other duties as assigned. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Critical thinking and patient assessment skills, with the ability to evaluate and modify plan of care. Ability to ensure infection control. Effective oral and written communication skills, including documentation in the patient care record (EMR), and ability to use and adapt to computer systems and applications. Airway management skills, including insertion and maintenance of a patent airway, including endotracheal intubation. Ability to provide optimal respiratory support including administration of oxygen and other inhaled gases; administer medications including inhaled vasodilators and nebulized opioids to the respiratory system, lung expansion, and bronchial hygiene therapy. Ability to appropriately initiate, operate, manage, and liberate non‑invasive, invasive, and advanced modes of mechanical ventilation, including High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation. Ability to perform ABG puncture, analysis, arterial cannulation using sterile procedure, and hemodynamic monitoring. Ventilator patient transportation. Knowledge and skill to care for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a health care delivery system. Experience caring for patients in the Emergency Room (Preferred). Knowledge and skill for neonatal patient care—including newborn oxygen therapy, arterial blood gas sampling, stabilization, and ventilator care—as applicable (Preferred). Experience with Intra‑Aortic Balloon Pump management and initiation (Preferred). Infant and pediatric experience (may be campus specific) (Preferred). Education: Associate's (Preferred); Bachelor's (Required). Field of Study: Respiratory Therapy or Cardiopulmonary Science (Preferred). Work Experience: 1+ years of critical care experience (Required). Licenses & Certifications State Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (Required). OR NBRC Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (Required). Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS) (Required). Physical Requirements Physical Requirements - Benefits Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Life Insurance Disability Insurance Paid Time Off from Day One 403‑B Retirement Plan 4 Weeks 100% Paid Parental Leave Career Development Whole Person Well‑being Resources Mental Health Resources and Support Pet Benefits Equal Opportunity Employer This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti‑discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. #J-18808-Ljbffr