Job Description

Summary

About Us 

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence: 

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times. 
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek . 
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek  
• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024. 
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024. 
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads. 
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare. 

Job Summary

The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Registered Respiratory Therapist assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The Registered Respiratory Therapist may provide medicated and non-medicated therapies, invasive and noninvasive ventilation, oxygen administration and titration, diagnostic testing as related to ventilation and pulmonary function as well as arterial blood gas analysis.

Job Requirements

Education

• Required: Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Program
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy

Experience

• No prior experience required

Skills

• Provides care as appropriate to age of population served.
• Proficient in safely providing all routine and emergent respiratory modalities.
• Able to assess patients and provide patient care per protocol.
• Provide accurate and appropriate electronic documentation.
• Provide accurate and appropriate education to patients, students and new staff.
• Possesses assessment and critical thinking skills.
• Possesses in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
• Adheres to infection prevention practices and facility safety policies and procedures.
• Able to provide assessment of patients to determine appropriate respiratory care plan.
• Able to communicate effectively to act as a professional resource to the healthcare team.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

• Required: Missouri State License for Respiratory
• Must obtain BLS within 90 days of hire
• RRT credential from the NBRC (If applicable)

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