Registered Respiratory Therapist

Job description

Min USD $31.51/Hr. Max: USD $48.83/Hr. Overview: Provides basic respiratory therapy, diagnostics and monitoring to patients of all ages. Schedule: Full Time, Day Shift: 6:00am-6:30pm Rotating Weekends: $20,000 Sign-on Bonus Qualifications: Education and/or Other Requirements: Successful completion of an AMA accredited respiratory therapy program. Current registration or eligibility for licensure with the State of Illinois for practice as a Respiratory Care Practitioner. RRT credential awarded by the NBRC. Current CPR card. Environmental Factors: Job duties involve the potential for frequent exposure to blood and body fluids. Physical Demands: The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. - Must be able to walk, stand, stoop, kneel and assist in lifting patients; able to assist patients and/or adjust equipment at floor level; able to reach, change and read IV’s 5 feet from the floor unaided; able to move quickly from place to place on occasion, including from floor to floor in emergency situations; able to utilize fine motor control in hands for tasks such as medication preparat...