You’ll need
Licensure
✓Florida Respiratory Therapist (RRT) License
Certifications
✓Active NBRC RRT Credential
✓BLS (Basic Life Support)
✓ACLS within 30 days of hire/transfer
✓PALS within 6 months of hire/transfer for pediatric critical care assignments
✓NRP within 6 months of hire/transfer for neonatal critical care assignments
RRT-ACCS credential preferred
RRT-NPS credential preferred
Education
✓Technical Program Completion or Degree in Respiratory Therapy
Associate's Degree in Respiratory Therapy preferred
Qualifications
✓Acute Care experience required
✓Advanced respiratory assessment and evaluation
✓Diagnostic testing
✓Emergency care
✓Adult critical care
Membership with AARC and/or Florida Society for Respiratory Care (FSRC) preferred
Make a Difference Every Day preferred
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About the role
At BayCare, we are proud to be one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. Our network includes 16 community-based hospitals, a long-term acute care facility, home health services, outpatient centers, and thousands of physicians. Supported by more than 30,000 team members, we are committed to providing compassionate care built on trust, dignity, respect, responsibility, and clinical excellence.
What you’ll do
Provide respiratory care servicesProvide respiratory care services to patients in hospital-based and freestanding emergency/trauma centers
Administer respiratory therapies underAdminister respiratory therapies under physician orders and established clinical protocols
Perform advanced respiratory assessmentsPerform advanced respiratory assessments and evaluations
Deliver emergency and adultDeliver emergency and adult critical care respiratory interventions
Conduct diagnostic respiratory testingConduct diagnostic respiratory testing and monitoring