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Respiratory Therapist - Full-time

Select Specialty Hospital - Dallas/Ft Worth

Location
Onsite (Plano, TX)
Level
Entry Level
Posted 2 weeks ago

About the role

Select Specialty Hospital in Plano, TX, is seeking a Respiratory Therapist to provide critical post-ICU care for chronically ill patients. The role involves evaluating patients, managing complex respiratory conditions, and performing procedures like endotracheal tube management within a supportive clinical team.

Skills

Respiratory therapy Critical care Patient assessment Treatment planning Endotracheal tube insertion Endotracheal tube removal Quality improvement Patient education Family counseling Basic Life Support Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

Benefits

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Continuing education
  • Student debt benefit
  • Paid time off
  • Medical insurance
  • Prescription drug plan
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life insurance
  • Disability protection

Perks

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Student debt benefit
  • Clinical ladder program

Full job details

Overview

Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Location: SSH-Dallas (Plano)

Schedule: Full Time 12 hour Night Shift

 

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 44,000 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