RRT - $17,500 Sign On Bonus

Presbyterian Healthcare Services•Elk City, OK

5d•$29 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

Presbyterian Healthcare Services is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Respiratory Therapist to assess, diagnose, and treat patients with respiratory and cardiopulmonary disorders. This full-time role is based in Clovis, New Mexico, and works 12-hour night shifts. The position is non-exempt and has a 0.90 FTE. The therapist assists physicians with bronchoscopy procedures, including monitoring patients’ level of consciousness and cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, and delivering IV conscious-sedation agents and reversal agents in accordance with departmental policy. The role also includes ventilator management, advanced airway care, high-frequency ventilation, and nitric oxide delivery. In the NICU, therapists provide surfactant, perform intubations, and attend high-risk deliveries. Optional duties may include transport-team work, intubation, and serving as a backup charge therapist. The position offers a $17,500 sign-on bonus as stated in the title. Sign-on and relocation bonuses are available to qualified candidates. Additional differentials may apply for nights, weekends, precepting, higher education, certifications, and lead roles. Eligible therapists may receive career-ladder differential pay for advanced certifications. Presbyterian offers educational and career development opportunities, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarships. Employee resources include a wearable staff-safety badge, malpractice liability insurance, loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department, and the EPIC electronic charting system. The wellness program includes free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges. Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system founded in New Mexico in 1908. It operates nine hospitals, a statewide health plan, and a growing multi-specialty medical group, and is the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees. PHS is an equal-opportunity employer and a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke-free campuses.

Requirements

Associate degree in respiratory therapy.
Registered Respiratory Therapist credential from the NBRC.
New Mexico Respiratory Care Practitioner license.
BLS certification.
ACLS and/or PALS certification.

Nice To Haves

Six months to one year of critical-care experience is preferred.
Advanced certifications such as RPFT, CPFT, Perinatal Pediatric, ACCS, or RPSGT may qualify eligible therapists for career-ladder differential pay.

Responsibilities

Assist physicians with bronchoscopy procedures under departmental policy, including monitoring level of consciousness and cardiovascular and pulmonary systems and delivering IV conscious-sedation agents and reversal agents.
Initiate ventilator protocols and implement and coordinate ventilator management.
Perform advanced airway care, including tracheotomy changes, extubation, and intubation.
Initiate and monitor high-frequency ventilators.
In the NICU, deliver surfactant, perform intubations, and attend high-risk deliveries.
Initiate and monitor nitric oxide delivery.
Perform department-specific functions as detailed in the department-specific duties.
Optionally participate in the transport team, perform intubations, and serve as a backup charge therapist.

Benefits

Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
Staff-safety wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern.
Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and various lead roles for eligible positions.
Malpractice liability insurance.
Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
EPIC electronic charting system.
Sign-on and relocation bonuses are available for qualified candidates.
Night shift differential of $5.00 and weekend differential of $3.00.
Preceptor differential.
Career-ladder differential pay for eligible therapists with advanced certifications.
Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.