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Respiratory Therapist - Henry Ford Health Detroit Hospital Part Time Midnights 24 hours per week / 7pm - 7:30am About the Department Join our flagship Detroit hospital campus, where academic medicine, leading-edge specialty care, and groundbreaking research come together. Located near Midtown's museums, restaurants, and cultural attractions, this campus offers the energy of a revitalized city paired with the resources of a nationally recognized health system.
As part of the Intensive Care Units, you'll play a vital role in delivering critical respiratory care to patients in need. Role Overview As a Respiratory Therapist, you will deliver life-support, resuscitation, and medical gases therapy primarily to critical care patients in the Intensive Care Units. You'll perform diagnostic procedures, maintain clinical expertise across various business units, and ensure effective communication and documentation of patient care.
This role is essential in supporting patient recovery and improving health outcomes. Why Henry Ford Health At Henry Ford Health, we are relentless advocates for exceptional care for our patients, communities, and each other. We come to do meaningful work and grow our careers, and we stay for the connection, support, and shared pride in making the impossible, possible.
Deliver life-support, resuscitation, and medical gases therapy to critical care patients. Perform invasive and non-invasive diagnostic procedures for Intensive Care and General Practice Units. Maintain clinical expertise and provide support across various business units.
Communicate effectively with patients, co-workers, physicians, and other system employees. Document all aspects of patient care accurately. Supervise, direct, and delegate tasks to respiratory orienteers, externs, and students.
Qualifications What You Will Need Required Qualifications Graduation from an accredited Respiratory Therapist program. Associate of Science Degree, minimum. Registration with the National Board of Respiratory Care.
Current License as a Respiratory Therapist in the State of Michigan (new graduates have 90 days to obtain).
Bachelors in Respiratory Therapy. Two years of recent Respiratory Therapist experience in a Tertiary Hospital. What We Offer Join a team where you can grow your career, collaborate with experts, and engage in mission-driven work that makes a real difference.
We provide opportunities for continuous learning and professional development in a supportive and innovative environment. Join Our Team Ready to make an impact? Apply now and be part of a team that's transforming healthcare.
Company Description Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations.
Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.
About the role
As a Respiratory Therapist, you will deliver life-support, resuscitation, and medical gases therapy primarily to critical care patients in the Intensive Care Units. You'll perform diagnostic procedures, maintain clinical expertise across various business units, and ensure effective communication and documentation of patient care. This role is essential in supporting patient recovery and improving health outcomes.