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You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, various shifts to fit your lifestyle, and opportunities for career growth.
Join Avera as a Respiratory Therapist (RT) and join a mission driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment.
Position Highlights:
Enjoys delivery care with a team passionate about quality patient outcomes
Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking
On demand virtual RT support is available during all shifts.
Is seeking to develop relationships by providing respiratory therapies, education & companionship with patients as well as their families
If you have a passion and desire to enrich lives and touch the hearts of patients, consider joining our team in providing compassionate, high quality care and services within a caring Christian culture.
Job Summary
The Respiratory Therapist is responsible for the assessment, treatment, and management, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions affecting the cardiopulmonary system for neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, and adults.
The individual must demonstrate proficiency in all modalities of respiratory care, which may include, but not limited to oxygen therapy, breathing treatments, airway clearance, airway management, non-invasive and invasive ventilator setup and monitoring
Licensure/Certification/Registration
Certified/registered or eligible to be certified/registered in CRT or RRT required.
NRP, and BLS Certification within 6 months of employment required.
Licensure for Respiratory Care according to South Dakota regulatory requirement.
Work Schedule
PRN, varied shifts, as needed, casual requirements per department policy
Pay
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$26.25 - $39.50 per hour
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