Respiratory Therapist

Shriners Children's • Philadelphia, PA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. Shriners Children’s Philadelphia is where hope and healing meet. Our team of highly specialized physicians provides comprehensive care for children with fractures, sports injuries, orthopedic conditions, scoliosis, spinal cord conditions, and spine injuries. The Respiratory Therapist administers respiratory care and life support to patients with abnormalities and deficiencies of the cardiopulmonary system by prescription and under the supervision of a physician. This full-time position will work 12-hour shifts on night shift.

Requirements

• RT license in state of practice
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Nice To Haves

• Associate Respiratory Therapy
• 3 Years Respiratory care practitioner
• 1 Year Pediatric Critical Care
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Responsibilities

• Obtains physician's order 100% of the time prior to initiating therapy.
• Able to appropriately assess all patients before and after therapy is delivered 100% of the time.
• Sets up all routine therapy modalities according to policy and procedure 100% of the time.
• Able to set up and monitor all life support equipment according to policy and procedure 100% of the time.
• Able to set up and perform EKG's on patients in a timely fashion.
• Able to perform all POCT including controls, proficiencies and documentation.
• Maintain all State and Joint Commission requirements for licensing and accreditation

Benefits

• medical coverage on their first day
• 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service
• paid time off
• life insurance
• short term and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected
• tuition reimbursement
• home & auto
• hospitalization
• critical illness
• pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree