About the position
Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Registered Respiratory Therapist for Acute Care who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. As a Registered Respiratory Therapist, you will maintain an atmosphere and environment associated with clinical patient setting, perform AIDET, Mission and Motion initiatives and display AHC RISES values 100% of the time. You will be responsible for setting up, operating, monitoring, documenting and evaluating patients on invasive and non-invasive ventilation, delivering respiratory services and medications via proper modalities on all age groups, and assessing and documenting patient outcomes via EMR. You will also perform SBAR and participate in rounds in ICU and NICU, manage patients’ airways for spontaneous breathing and respiratory compromised patients, perform quality control and maintenance on assigned equipment, and execute all other duties as required.
Responsibilities
- Maintain an atmosphere and environment associated with clinical patient setting
- Perform AIDET, Mission and Motion initiatives and display AHC RISES values 100% of the time
- Set up, operate, monitor, document and evaluate patients on invasive and non-invasive ventilation
- Deliver respiratory services and medications via proper modalities on all age groups
- Assess and document patient outcomes via EMR
- Perform SBAR and participate in rounds in ICU and NICU
- Manage patients’ airways for spontaneous breathing and respiratory compromised patients
- Perform quality control and maintenance on assigned equipment
- Execute all other duties as required
Requirements
- Graduate of AMA approved respiratory program
- AS in Respiratory Therapy required
- 2 years (NICU experience for NICU 2791) preferred
- Registered Respiratory Therapist by NBRC
- Active Maryland State license by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Must obtain an Advanced Certification within the 1st year of employment
- Willing to obtain an advanced certification when eligible
- Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
Benefits
- Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
- Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
- Free Employee parking
- Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
- Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
- Paid Time Off
- Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
- Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
- Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support
