Respiratory Care Therapist - Full Time, Nights

Wallingford, CT | Full-Time | Nights | Three 12-Hour Shifts (36 Hours/Week)

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare is dedicated exclusively to medical rehabilitation, helping patients recover from complex illness and injury while maximizing function and independence.

We're seeking a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) to join our night shift team. This is an opportunity to work with medically complex patients in a collaborative rehabilitation setting where respiratory care plays a critical role in helping patients progress toward recovery.

What You'll Do As a Respiratory Therapist at Gaylord, you will:

Provide comprehensive respiratory care for medically complex rehabilitation patients

Manage ventilators, airway care, secretion mobilization, and physician-ordered respiratory treatments

Perform respiratory assessments, arterial blood gas analysis, and pulmonary mechanics

Participate in patient mobility and interdisciplinary rehabilitation planning

Assist with bedside bronchoscopies and other advanced respiratory procedures

Respond as an active member of the Code Team, providing emergency airway management and life support

Educate patients, families, students, and new staff on respiratory care

Collaborate with physicians, nurses, therapists, and other members of the rehabilitation team to support the best possible patient outcomes

At Gaylord, respiratory therapists are valued members of the interdisciplinary care team. You'll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients while practicing a broad range of respiratory skills in a nationally recognized rehabilitation setting.

Opportunities to care for medically complex patients throughout their rehabilitation journey

Advanced respiratory care in a specialized rehabilitation health system

Professional growth within one of Connecticut's leading rehabilitation organizations

Current Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential

Current Connecticut Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license

Preferred Bachelor's degree in a health-related field

For more than a century, Gaylord Specialty Healthcare has been dedicated exclusively to rehabilitation, helping patients regain independence after serious illness or injury.

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