Respiratory Therapist CVICU and CCU

Respiratory Therapist – CVICU & CCU, Main Campus

Location:

Lowder Building, Main Campus.

Schedule:

Full‑time Day Shift (7 a.m.–7 p.m.) typically 12‑hour shifts.

A registered respiratory therapist (RRT) will provide respiratory care services in all hospital areas including intensive care units, medical and surgical floors, emergency departments, post‑anesthesia care units, infant nurseries, and home‑care environments. The RRT must adapt to the specific area of duty, perform special duties, and may provide respiratory therapy during critical‑care patient transports. The RRT may supervise and be responsible for other respiratory care practitioners and may be asked to mentor students during clinical rotations at Children’s of Alabama.

• Deliver respiratory care services to patients in ICU, medical/surgical floors, ED, PACU, infant nurseries, and home care settings.
• Adapt to assigned duty area and perform special duties as required.
• Provide respiratory therapy services during critical‑care patient transports.
• Supervise and be responsible for the work of other respiratory care practitioners.
• Assign orientation and in‑service education responsibilities; function as mentor for respiratory therapy students.
• Work under technical supervision and clinical guidance of the Respiratory Care Clinical Coordinators.
• Receive direct administrative supervision from the area Respiratory Care Manager and Respiratory Care Department Head.
• Carry out duties and responsibilities according to policies, procedures, and guidelines approved by the Medical Directors of the department.
• Maintain standards of performance for the assigned area.

• Achieves a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill in assigned clinical areas; keeps up with current developments and trends.
• Actively identifies new learning areas, creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities, applies newly gained knowledge on the job.
• Provides customer‑service focus, treats others with dignity, respect, listens and responds to needs and concerns, develops positive relationships.
• Builds trust by interacting with honesty, keeping commitments, treating others fairly.
• Works collaboratively to facilitate accomplishment of work goals.
• Uses sound decision‑making, draws conclusions from data, chooses appropriate action consistent with facts and constraints.
• Adapts to changes in work tasks, environment or processes, adjusts to new structures or cultures.
• Generates innovative solutions to work situations, explores novel ways to improve.
• Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assumes responsibility and accountability.
• Identifies and addresses conditions that affect patient and employee safety; upholds safety standards.

• Licensed Registered Respiratory Therapist or Temporary Licensed Respiratory Therapist.
• Basic Life Support certification.

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Therapy.

Minimum of 1 year of job experience as Staff Level with specialization in respiratory therapy.

Day Shift, 7 a.m.–7 p.m., 12‑hour shifts.

Respiratory therapists at Children’s of Alabama work in a family‑centered environment, collaborating with physicians and nurses to provide evidence‑based care using the latest technology. Therapists in the CVICU/CCU manage patients with a variety of lung disorders and participate in critical‑care patient transport and student mentorship.