Join our team as a night shift, full-time, Respiratory Therapist Lead in Amarillo, TX.

Why Join Us? 

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better 

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
• People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
• Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.

Get to Know Your Team: 

• BSA Hospital is a 445-bed hospital serving the Amarillo area for over 120 years and continues to be Amarillo?s preferred healthcare provider. At BSA, the focus is to provide quality healthcare in Christian love, service and dignity.

• The Respiratory Lead responsible for performing all respiratory Care procedures in the general and critical care settings.
• The Respiratory Therapist Lead provides shift-by-shift clinical leadership for the advancement of professional respiratory practice to staff in a variety of clinical settings, including but not limited to general care, and critical and pediatric care settings.
• Demonstrates a high degree of independence and is responsible for assisting with ongoing development and evaluation of orientation needs, in-service education, and continuing education.
• This clinician applies innovative teaching strategies and methodologies to provide cost-effective and well-executed clinical education utilizing a wide variety of methodologies and provides support to clinical learning through mentor-ship, clinical rounds, and practice evaluation.
• The RT Lead functions as a "Charge Therapist" with responsibility for ensuring an adequate number of respiratory therapy staff to cover patient care areas and needs.
• This includes assigning respiratory therapy staff to work areas and/or work assignments, modifying work assignments, assisting with meal coverage, fielding calls for unexpected absences, and coordinating adequate staffing levels for the next shift.

Job Requirements:  

• High School (or GED equivalent) diploma
• Associate Degree in Respiratory Therapy
• Licensed by the Texas Medical Board as a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP)
• Current BLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Current ACLS, PALS, and NRP certification
• RRT- Registered Respiratory Therapist verified through NBRC.

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About Ardent Health

Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in communities across the country. With a focus on consumer-friendly processes and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. We are driven by our purpose of caring for people: our patients, our communities and one another. Located in Brentwood, Tennessee, Ardent has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s strongest and most innovative healthcare systems. Our facilities and clinics are consistently recognized among healthcare’s best employers. We recognize each hospital and clinic is as unique as the community it serves. We strive to maintain strong community ties through advisory boards, contributions, charitable care, education and outreach. Ardent includes: 30 hospitals 280 sites of care 4,281 beds 24,000+ team members 8,200+ nurses 1,800+ aligned providers 5.8M annual provider encounters 421 medical residents Ardent makes considerable investments in people, technology, facilities, and communities, producing high quality care and extraordinary results. From newly constructed facilities and expanded services, t...o lifesaving technology and outstanding opportunities for employees, Ardent is committed to providing its hospitals and clinics the tools needed to succeed.

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