Respiratory Therapist NICU Pedi

Medical City Las Colinas

Respiratory Therapist NICU/Pedi

Full Time, Day Shift, Weekends Rotate

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Respiratory Therapist NICU Pedi 

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Respiratory Therapist, you play a vital role in caring for some of our most vulnerable patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. Our CRTs and RRTs are part of a dynamic clinical team and enjoy fast-paced work treating diverse cases. Your role may range from setting up a ventilator in the NICU, to working with a post-surgical patient in the ICU, to helping an emergency room patient breathe. 

What you will do in this role: 

• You will assess, plan, evaluate and provide quality respiratory care to patients in accordance with department policy and licensure practice acts. 
• You will document and report patient care and use of equipment such as ventilators and blood gas analyzers.
• You will be responsible for the cleaning, disinfecting and storing of equipment. 
• You will provide education to patients and families on respiratory care practices to ensure the best health outcomes.

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Associate Degree
• Neonate Resuscitate, or (RRT/RCP-State) Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• (NBRC-RRT) Registered Respiratory Therapist
• 2 years experience Required

Benefits

Medical City Las Colinas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits  for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,  including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work  programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support  through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits  for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Medical City Las Colinas is a 99-bed full-service, acute-care facility with more than 500 colleagues and 400 physician partners, serving the community since 1997. We offer comprehensive services, including Level III trauma services, cardiovascular services, orthopedics, spine surgery, robotic surgery, emergency services and dedicated women's services. Medical City Las Colinas' accreditations and certifications include: Certified Total Hip and Knee Replacement program (The Joint Commission), Certified Primary Stroke Center (The Joint Commission), Accreditation for Bariatric Surgery (MBSAQIP), Level III Trauma Center (American College of Surgeons), Level II Maternal Care Center (Texas Health and Human Services) and Level II NICU program (Texas Health and Human Services). We offer state-of-the-art technology to exceed our patient’s expectations and provide a patient-centric healing environment, including amenities such as made-to-order room service form our executive chef. We pride ourselves on being the Destination of Choice for our community and elevating the standards of hospital experience. As part of the Medical City family of hospitals, we are able to provide patients access to the most advanced healthcare innovations across our network. 

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.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Respiratory Therapist NICU Pedi opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

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.