**Overview**

**Position:** Respiratory Therapist (RRT/CRT)

**Location:** Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh

**Schedule:** Full Time, Night Shift

**Compensation:** $28.61 - $39.50 per hour, plus shift differentials for weekends

**Sign On Bonus:** $5,000

Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery.We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives - and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

**We support your career growth and personal well-being:**

+ **Start Strong** : Extensive Respiratory Therapist (RT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.

+ **Advance Your Career** : Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.

+ **Elevate Your Skills** : Clinical ladder program.

+ **Ease the Burden** : Student debt benefit program.

+ **Recharge & Refresh** : Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance

+ **Your Health Matters** : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members

+ **Invest in Your Future:** Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members

+ **Your Impact Matters:** Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

**Responsibilities**

**Responsibilities**

+ Evaluating patients and recommending an appropriate treatment plan.

+ Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.

+ Performing insertion and removal of endotracheal tubes.

+ Promoting continuous quality improvement.

+ Teaching and counseling patients/families.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum requirements:**

+ Must possess "Active" CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent.

+ Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.

+ Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.

+ Current state licensure is required.

+ ACLS is required within 6 months of hire. (Agency RT must have ACLS upon first shift, PRN staff must have ACLS upon hire).

**Preferred qualifications:**

+ One (1) year of related experience is preferred.

**Additional Data**

_Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans_

**Location : Location** _US-PA-Pittsburgh_

**Job ID** _370993_

**Position Type** _Full Time-12 Hour Shift Nights_

**Experience (Years)** _1_

**Category** _Respiratory Therapy - Respiratory Therapist_

**Company** _Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh UPMC_