Registered Respiratory Therapist
Job Summary
As a Respiratory Therapist at TriStar Skyline Medical Center, you'll play a crucial role in guiding patients through both routine care and critical moments. You'll perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures while managing invasive and noninvasive ventilation across various care settings.
Qualifications
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
- Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT-State) or Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner (RRT/RCP-State)
- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
What You Will Do
- Assess respiratory status by performing focused exams, interpreting breath sounds and airway patency, and determining the need for respiratory interventions
- Deliver evidence-based therapy by providing oxygen support, aerosolized medications, airway clearance techniques, and other treatments across emergency, critical care, and acute settings
- Manage ventilation and airways by assisting with artificial airway placement, initiating and adjusting invasive and noninvasive ventilation, monitoring patient responses, and responding quickly to clinical changes or emergencies
- Support patients and the care team by educating patients and families, serving as a clinical resource, partnering with physicians and nurses, and helping stabilize newborns during deliveries when needed
- Maintain equipment and safety by setting up, operating, and cleaning respiratory equipment; ensuring readiness and preventive maintenance; transporting ventilated patients safely; and following all infection-prevention standards
Benefits
- 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
- Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
TriStar Skyline Medical Center
TriStar Skyline Medical Center is a 250+ bed facility. We are Tennessee's first comprehensive stroke center and a national leader in neuroscience. In addition, we are equipped with 3 helipads, new ICU and Medical/Surgical floors, and burn care services. We offer a CARF accredited Inpatient Rehabilitation program and are an ACS verified Level II Trauma Center. As an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, TriStar Skyline is a leading provider of emergency heart care. "Good people beget good people." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals!
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Application Information
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About HCA Healthcare
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