Registered Respiratory Therapist
Listed on 2025-12-01
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Healthcare
Respiratory Therapist, Pulmonary
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. We proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support.
The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory care to newborns through geriatrics. Therapist responsibilities include critical care, general patient care assignments, and related patient care activities where assignments and duties are predominantly predictable.
Responsibilities- Administers standard Respiratory Care including aerosol medication delivery, basic bedside pulmonary function testing, breathing exercises, oxygen therapy, arterial cannulation, and arterial punctures.
- Provides for all aspects of airway management including aspiration of established airways, tracheostomy care, tracheostomy tube changes, endotracheal intubations, and extubations.
- May perform Pulmonary Function Testing as needed.
- May be required to be on-call days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- May perform all aspects of ventilator care to include setting up the ventilator and verifying function using specialized ventilator modes to manage the patient's disease process.
- Maintains and improves job knowledge and skills. Serves as a resource to other staff reflective of experience level.
- Records completely all pertinent information pertaining to patient care procedures per hospital and departmental policies.
- Graduate of a CAHEA approved training program in respiratory care.
- Current license to practice respiratory care as a Respiratory Care Practitioner in North Carolina.
- Certified Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or eligible to sit for the exam.
- Current BCLS certification.
- Current ACLS certification.
Job Details
Legal
Employer:
Nash Hospitals
Entity:
Nash UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: NGH Pulmonary
Work Type:
Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
Work Assignment Type:
Onsite
Work Schedule:
Night Job
Location of Job: NASH HC
Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt:
No
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