**Job Description** **Job Description:** If you're passionate about improving respiratory health and providing compassionate care, you will be a great fit for our Team!In this position you will provide respiratory care through patient assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation. In addition, you will perform all general and critical care respiratory care procedures and diagnostics on patients ages infant through adult. These duties include but are not limited to: · Mechanical ventilation· Airway management· Critical care transport Arterial blood gas puncture· Medication delivery · Bronchial hygiene · Patient assessments and education. **Education Qualifications:** **Qualifications:** **Graduate from an accredited respiratory care/therapy program.** **Staff must obtain and maintain certification as a Registered Respiratory Therapist within 18 months of hire or transfer** **Licensure/Certification Qualifications:** **Must hold state licensure in appropriate state of practice upon hire or have applied and are waiting for state licensure in appropriate state of practice to award licensure not to exceed 30 days from date of hire** **Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certified within 1 month** **Internal staff hired before June of 2019:** **Must hold certification by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or a Certified Respiratory Therapists, or equivalent.** Are you ready to breathe life into your career? Join our team as a Respiratory Therapist and make a direct impact on the well-being of patients every day with Essentia Health excellent Respiratory Therapist Team! **Apply now and embark on a rewarding journey with us!** **Essentia Health** **To learn more about our communities** **Job Location:** Essentia Virginia Hospital **Shift Rotation:** Day/Night Rotation (United States of America) **Shift Start/End:** 0630 and 1830/1830 and 0630 **Hours Per Pay Period:** Casual - As needed **Compensation Range:** $34.71 - $44.59 / hour **Union:** Assoc Of Diagnostic Imaging Techs (ADIT) **FTE:** 0 **Weekends:** Yes **Call Obligations:** **Sign On Bonus:** Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Essentia It is our policy to afford EEO to all individuals, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, family medical history, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, military service or veteran status, culture, socio-economic status, status with regard to public assistance, and other factors not related to qualifications, including employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other category as defined by law.