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Select Specialty Hospital - Birmingham

Respiratory Therapist - Full-time Day Shift

Select Specialty Hospital - Birmingham

Location
Onsite (Birmingham, AL)
Compensation
$28 - $39/hr
Level
Entry Level
Posted 1 week ago

About the Role

Select Specialty Hospital Birmingham seeks a Respiratory Therapist to provide critical illness recovery services. The role involves evaluating patients, managing endotracheal tubes, and supporting recovery for complex medical and surgical conditions.

Skills

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

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Life insurance
  • Disability protection
  • Paid time off

Perks

  • Sign-on bonus
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Student debt benefit

Full job details

Overview

Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Location: Birmingham, AL (3rd floor of Brookwood Baptist Medical Center)

Schedule: Full-time Day Shift - 6:30 am to 7:00 pmCompensation: $28.98 to $39.00 per hour, based on experieince

(Competitive shift differentials for nights and weekends)

Sign-On Bonus: $10,000

 

Select Specialty Hospital Birmingham 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