Job Description

**$5,000 Sign-on Incentive Available**

Respiratory Therapists provide a full range of respiratory care modalities, invasive and non-invasive ventilator management, ambulance transports with ventilator dependent patients, hemodynamic monitoring, ABGs, EKGs, cardiac stress tests, cardiac event monitors, Holter monitors, ABP, EEG, PFTs with body plethysmography and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) testing.

Job Duties:

Emergency and critical care functions.

• Ventilator Management
• BiPAP Management
• Ventilator Patient Assessment
• Airway Management
• C.P.R.

General Patient Care.

• Therapeutic Procedures
• Patient Education
• Patient Evaluation and Assessment
• Oxygen Therapy
• Performance Improvement

Diagnostics.

• EKG
• Holter/Event Monitor
• Cardiac Stress Testing
• Pulmonary Function Test
• EEG

Hemodynamic monitoring.

• Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Arterial Blood Gases

Apnea monitor.

Equipment utilization and maintenance.

Equipment rounds.

Hospital computer knowledge.

Requirements:

• Must have obtained the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) Entry-Level Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential prior to beginning employment at MMC and must continue to pursue the NBRC’s Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential until it has been successfully completed.
• Must be a licensed respiratory therapist in the State of Wisconsin within 3 months of hire.
• Must be certified in basic life support (BLS) within 3 months of hire and keep the certification current.
• Must be able to read and comprehend written materials in English and write legibly.
• Must be able to effectively communicate verbally in English.

Benefits and Salary:

Commensurate with position and experience. Comprehensive benefits package to include: medical, HSA, dental, 403(b) with employer match of 5%, life insurance, long-term disability, PTO, sick time, EAP, wellness benefits, etc.

About Us:

As an independent hospital, we live our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of our region. To improve access to care, we have expanded our local specialty and primary care services in our communities. Not far from Duluth, MN, our campus resides in the beautiful north woods of Wisconsin where you can balance work and home life on our beautiful lakes and trails by partaking in personal interests such as biking, cross-country skiing, hiking, fishing, water sports, ATVing, snowmobiling, and much more.