Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT) - New Graduate

Location: Downtown Cincinnati (located inside of Christ Hospital)

Schedule: Three 12 hour shifts per week
Compensation: $34.92 per hour

Sign-on bonus: $15,000.00

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable,painful moments of their lives – and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

We support your career growth and personal well-being:

• Start Strong: Extensive 10- 13-week structured new graduate orientation program with a dedicated preceptor.
• Invest in Your Future: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education.
• Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder programs
• Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Applicants may apply before being licensed however must have license upon start date.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating patients and recommending an appropriate treatment plan.
• Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.
• Performing insertion and removal of endotracheal tubes.
• Promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients/families.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum requirements:

• Graduate of accredited program for Respiratory Therapy.
• Must possess "Active" CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent.
• Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
• BLS certification required.
• Current state licensure required. Student or Educational permit to practice acceptable based on individual state regulations.
• ACLS required within 6 months of hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans