Job Description

Responsibilities:

Respiratory Therapist

Work that works for you! Continue your respiratory career by joining Piedmont’s Travel Agency, First Call Staffing Solutions!

Piedmont Healthcare has launched First Call Staffing Solutions (FCSS), a unique travel agency that supports the state-wide Piedmont integrated care delivery system of 23 hospitals across the state of Georgia. FCSS respiratory therapists will have the opportunity to take job assignments across multiple locations offering:

• Flexibility: a schedule that works with your lifestyle with commitments from 13 weeks with 36-hour work weeks, which may require weekends and holidays
• Competitive Pay and Benefits: competitive market base pay with applicable differentials; eligibility for overtime; and options for 401k and to purchase Piedmont benefits
• More Opportunity - advance your career and expand your Respiratory Therapist skills by working in diverse environments with assignment flexibility.

JOB PURPOSE:
The Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) performs patient assessments, general respiratory care procedures and protocols, critical care procedures, blood gas analysis, maintenance and management of all equipment and patient education. He/she functions within the framework of the policies and procedures of the organization and demonstrates professional growth and accountability. Part of a Piedmont internal agency pool that is used to fill critical and/or urgent staffing needs through designated assignments at Piedmont hospitals (“Assignment”).

Qualifications:

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:
Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy Sciences

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Must have a minimum of two years of work experience in performing professional respiratory duties within area(s) of specialty

MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW:
Credentialed by the National Board for Respiratory Care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) and Licensed by the State of Georgia under the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners.
BLS and ACLS certification required.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
NRP if practicing in NICU

Business Unit : Name: First Call Staffing Solutions

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Relief, Weekend work,

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