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Day Shift - Respiratory Therapist, RRT - Full-Time

Kindred Hospital Chicago Lakeshore
Chicago, IL
Full-time

Description

Pay Rate is $29-$39 / hour.

$15,000 Sign on bonus paid out over 24 months.

What makes Kindred Healthcare a great place to work? Our people, of course! Our clinicians answer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people.

In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize their job effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction. This is who we are.

Who are you? To succeed in our high-energy, high-reward environment, our clinicians provide compassionate critical care and deliver exceptional patient experiences , meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.

As our most acute level of care, Kindred’s transitional care hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit , but for an extended recovery period.

Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients .

As a Respiratory Therapist you will :

Responsible for administering safe and competent respiratory care as ordered per physician, monitoring mechanical ventilation, administering medications, patient assessment, understanding ramifications of hemodynamic monitoring, understanding blood work results, monitoring, teaching, and training.

Qualifications

As a Respiratory Therapist you will have :

  • As required for Registry by National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
  • Certified / Registered Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Appropriate licensure from state licensure agency.
  • BCLS and ACLS certifications and maintain them for the duration of employment.
  • 30+ days ago
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