Overview Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT) Location: Nashville, TN Schedule: Full-Time Days, 12-Hour ShiftsCompensation: Up to $42 per hour, based on years of experience Sign-On Bonus: $12,000 Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way. Why Join Us: • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting. • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program. • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care. Responsibilities • Evaluating patients and recommending an appropriate treatment plan. • Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions. • Performing insertion and removal of endotracheal tubes. • Promoting continuous quality improvement. • Teaching and counseling patients/families. • Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Minimum requirements: • Must possess "Active" CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent. • Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED. • Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date. • Current state licensure is required. • ACLS is required upon hire. (Agency RT must have ACLS upon first shift) Preferred qualifications: • One (1) year of related experience is preferred. Additional Data Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans