Respiratory Therapist Full-time Day Shift

Overview

Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Location: Des Moines IA

Schedule: Full-time 12-Hour Shift Day Shift
(We are only One Floor - No need to float to a different floor)

Compensation: $31.96 - $43.00 per hour plus weekend differential

Sign-On Bonus: $15000

Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable painful moments of their lives and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate excellent treatment every step of the way.

We support your career growth and personal well-being:

• Start Strong : Extensive Respiratory Therapist (RT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Advance Your Career : Tuition reimbursement and continuing education.
• Elevate Your Skills : Clinical ladder program.
• Ease the Burden : Student debt benefit program.
• Recharge & Refresh : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX health vision and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Evaluating patients and recommending an appropriate treatment plan.
• Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.
• Performing insertion and removal of endotracheal tubes.
• Promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients/families.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

• Must possess Active CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent.
• Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
• Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.
• Current state licensure is required.
• ACLS is required within 6 months of hire. (Agency RT must have ACLS upon first shift PRN staff must have ACLS upon hire).

Preferred qualifications:

• One (1) year of related experience is preferred .

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Required Experience:

IC