Respiratory Therapist

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide respiratory care and pulmonary diagnostic procedures to patients of all ages.
• Perform ventilator management, airway maintenance, and life-support management.
• Administer respiratory medications, medical gases, aerosols, and humidification treatments.
• Perform bronClientulmonary clearance, breathing exercises, patient education, and CPR.
• Work in critical care and non-critical care settings.
• No floating or on-call requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of clinical experience in both general and critical care (work or educational experience).
• 2+ years of hospital-based respiratory care experience preferred.
• Associate Degree from a CoARC-accredited Respiratory Care program.
• Current Wisconsin Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential from NBRC.
• BLS certification.
• ACLS certification.
• NRP certification only for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (CHD) locations; not applicable to this assignment.
• Respiratory Care, Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures, Medical Gases and Equipment, Humidification, Aerosol Therapy, Ventilatory Support, Airway Management, Life Support Systems, BronClientulmonary Clearance, Patient Education, CPR.