Respiratory Therapist – PFT Lab
Essentia Health
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Duluth • Minnesota • North Dakota • United States
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Salary
💰 $3,582 - $5,326 per year
About the role
- Provides respiratory care through patient assessment, planning, intervention, education and evaluation
- Performs all general and critical care respiratory care procedures and diagnostics on patients ages infant through adult
- These duties include but are not limited to; mechanical ventilation, airway management, critical care transport, arterial blood gas puncture, medication delivery, bronchial hygiene, patient assessments and education
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited respiratory care/therapy program
- Hold and maintain certification by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or a Certified Respiratory Therapist, or equivalent
- Must hold state licensure in appropriate state of practice upon hire or have applied and are waiting for state licensure in appropriate state of practice to award licensure not to exceed 30 days from date of hire
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification within 1 month of hire
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- supplemental options to fit your needs
- 401(k) plan with employer contributions
- professional development through training
- tuition reimbursement
- educational programs
- flexible scheduling
- generous time off
- wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
mechanical ventilationairway managementcritical care transportarterial blood gas puncturemedication deliverybronchial hygienepatient assessmentpatient education
Certifications
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)Certified Respiratory TherapistBasic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)