Part-Time
36
Allied Health and Technical, Clinical
Boston Children's Hospital Respiratory Care Department offers a highly clinically challenging environment with opportunity for professional development. Salaries and benefits are competitive, with opportunity for advancement using our 3-tiered Professional ladder.
Schedule: 36 hours per week, rotating day/night shifts, every third weekend.
**This position is eligible for full time benefits $20,000 sign-on bonus (not eligible for internal candidates and not eligible for former BCH employees who worked here in the past 2 years)
Key Responsibilities:
Administer respiratory care and assisted ventilation to infants and children with acute and chronic disease states in all areas of the hospital, following prescribed treatment.
Apply and monitor mechanical ventilation.
Provide respiratory therapy in critical care, inpatient, outpatient, and emergency settings.
Provide patient care in assigned clinical area and complete associated duties.
Communicate with care team, patients and their family members, and co-workers.
Participate in professional development and opportunities for advancement within departmental career ladder, including ECMO specialist positions.
Qualifications:
Associate of Science Degree in Respiratory Therapy required; graduates of a BS Degree Respiratory Therapy program preferred.
One or more years of recent Respiratory Therapist experience in a Tertiary Hospital preferred; recent graduates of an AS or BS Degree Respiratory Therapy program are also encouraged to apply.
Credentialed by the National Board of Respiratory Care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist. Licensed by the State of Massachusetts.
NICU and PICU experience preferred. NPS, PALS, NRP, and ACLS preferred.
Boston
Regular
Onsite Only
20,000
$33.60-$53.77 Hourly
Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Boston Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. (Our services can begin interventions at 15 weeks gestation and in some situations we also treat adults.)
We have approximately 25,000 inpatient admissions each year and our 200+ specialized clinical programs schedule 557,000 visits annually. Last year, the hospital performed more than 26,500 surgical procedures and 214,000 radiological examinations.
Our team of physicians and nurses has been recognized by a number of independent organizations for overall excellence, and we're proud to share some notable examples with you here.
