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Work is performed in accordance with Kentucky regulations for Respiratory Care Practitioners, established hospital standards, American Association of Respiratory Care Clinical Practice Guidelines, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and the philosophy, goals and objections of Baptist Health Madisonville. Responsible for monitoring, care and coordination of all patients assigned to service.
Associates degree from an accredited program in Respiratory Care, registered (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care required. License by the State of Kentucky required. BLS required. NRP within 1 year from hire. ACLS preferred within 3 months, not to exceed 6 months. EXPERIENCE: May be newly graduated from an accredited school of Respiratory Therapy. Prefer 2 years’ clinical experience.
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
