About the position Work that works for you! Continue your respiratory career by joining Piedmont’s Travel Agency, First Call Staffing Solutions! Piedmont Healthcare has launched First Call Staffing Solutions (FCSS), a unique travel agency that supports the state-wide Piedmont integrated care delivery system of 23 hospitals across the state of Georgia. FCSS respiratory therapists will have the opportunity to take job assignments across multiple locations offering: Flexibility: a schedule that works with your lifestyle with commitments from 13 weeks with 36-hour work weeks, which may require weekends and holidays. Competitive Pay and Benefits: competitive market base pay with applicable differentials; eligibility for overtime; and options for 401k and to purchase Piedmont benefits. More Opportunity - advance your career and expand your Respiratory Therapist skills by working in diverse environments with assignment flexibility. JOB PURPOSE: The Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) performs patient assessments, general respiratory care procedures and protocols, critical care procedures, blood gas analysis, maintenance and management of all equipment and patient education. He/she functions within the framework of the policies and procedures of the organization and demonstrates professional growth and accountability. Part of a Piedmont internal agency pool that is used to fill critical and/or urgent staffing needs through designated assignments at Piedmont hospitals (“Assignment”).

Responsibilities

• Performs patient assessments
• Performs general respiratory care procedures and protocols
• Performs critical care procedures
• Performs blood gas analysis
• Maintenance and management of all equipment
• Patient education

Requirements

• Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy Sciences
• Minimum of two years of work experience in performing professional respiratory duties within area(s) of specialty
• Credentialed by the National Board for Respiratory Care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
• Licensed by the State of Georgia under the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners
• BLS certification required
• ACLS certification required

Nice-to-haves

• NRP if practicing in NICU

Benefits

• 401k
• Overtime pay
• Applicable differentials