How You’ll Help Transform Healthcare:

Here’s your opportunity to work in a challenging and impactful environment defined by compassion, innovation, and a deep commitment to your personal well-being and professional development. As a Registered Respiratory Therapist on our team, you will deliver the best therapeutic, diagnostic, and life-support respiratory care procedures in general and intensive patient care areas, or home care environments.
 

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in order to achieve optimum outcomes for patients of all ages.
• Collaborate with members of the health care team/patient/ family to develop, implement, and evaluate an age-specific interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Manage resources, establish priorities, and modify environment to meet patient care needs.
• Provide input into practice, environment and work issues by participating in unit, hospital and/or organization activities that facilitate staff participation/input in decision-making.
• Functions as a role model for clinical practice to coworkers, students, and physicians.

What We Require:

• Associate’s degree and/or certification from a CoARC (Committee on Accreditation of Respiratory Care Education)- approved school of Respiratory Therapy; bachelor’s preferred.
• Licensed as a respiratory care practitioner by the VA State Board of Medicine.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification by the National Board for Respiratory Care.
• Successful completion of orientation and competency validation for this position.
• Ability to acquire BLS within three months of employment in this position or as determined by the department.
• Some areas may require ACLS, NRP, PALS certification within one year of employment.  Active membership in professional organization (AARC) preferred.
• Effective interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills required.

About Carilion

This is Carilion Clinic …

An organization where innovation happens, collaboration is expected and ideas are valued. A not-for-profit, mission-driven health system built on progress and partnerships. A courageous team that is always learning, never discouraged and forever curious.

Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., you will find a robust system of award winning hospitals, Level 1 and 3 trauma centers, Level 3 NICU, Institute of Orthopedics and Neurosciences, multi-specialty physician practices, and The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.

Carilion is where you can make your own path, make new discoveries and, most importantly, make a difference. Here, in a place where the air is clean, people are kind and life is good. Make your tomorrow with us.