ScionHealth - Kindred Cornerstone & Solara Hospitals is seeking a Respiratory Therapist for a job in Louisville, Kentucky.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Respiratory Therapist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: Ongoing
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours
- Employment Type: Staff
Description
What makes Kindred Healthcare a great place to work? Our people, of course. Our clinicians answer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people. In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize their job effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction. This is who we are.
Who are you? To succeed in our high-energy, high-reward environment, our clinicians provide compassionate critical care and deliver exceptional patient experiences, meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.
As our most acute level of care, Kindred's transitional care hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.
As a Respiratory Therapy Manager / RRT in a Subacute unit you will:
- Directs therapeutic patient care services in accordance with the policies of the hospital and direction of the medical staff.
- Responsible for the administration of oxygen, therapeutic gas, and mist inhalation to patients in accordance with physicians orders.
QualificationsAs a Respiratory Therapy Manager / RRT in a Subacute unit you will have:
- Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Therapy or Administration
- Current state licensure.
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care.
- BCLS and ACLS certifications.
- ACLS instructor preferred.
- Must maintain currency of NBRC and BCLS/ACLS Certifications and State license.
- Minimum three years of previous experience in all aspects of cardiopulmonary services.
ScionHealth - Kindred Cornerstone & Solara Hospitals Job ID . Posted job title: Respiratory Therapy Manager
About ScionHealth - Kindred Cornerstone & Solara Hospitals Defined by its team of approximately 22,000 talented, heroic caregivers, ScionHealth strives to provide quality-driven, patient-centered acute and post-acute hospital solutions in communities across the country.The health system is focused on driving innovation and investing in people and technology to deliver compassionate patient care and excellent health outcomes in ways that lift a community and improve health equity. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, ScionHealth operates 79 hospital campuses in 25 states - 61 long-term acute care hospitals, and 18 community hospital campuses and associated health systems.ScionHealth launched in December 2021 following a transaction between leading healthcare companies LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare, with talent and resources from both companies combining to form an organization devoted to providing great care to tens of thousands of patients annually.For years, the hospitals now operated by ScionHealth have been vital to the communities they serve - as medical providers, as supportive employers, and as inclusive partners in giving back. ScionHealth is proud to inherit this role and find innovative ways to grow and evolve for years to come.