Respiratory Therapist - Full-time Days
Select Specialty Hospital - Oakland
- Location
- Onsite (Pontiac, MI)
- Compensation
- Up to $43/hr
- Level
- Entry Level
About the role
Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital providing inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients. The Respiratory Therapist role involves evaluating patients, developing treatment plans, and performing clinical procedures to support patient recovery.
Skills
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
- Sign-on bonus
Full job details
Overview
Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT)
Location: Pontiac, Michigan
Schedule: Full Time DaysCompensation: Up to $43.00 per hour based on experience + competitive shift differentials for nights and weekends
Sign-on bonus: $15,000.00
Select Specialty 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