Respiratory Therapist

Certified Respiratory Therapist

Location: Paducah, KY

Contract: 13 weeks

Schedule: 3 days per week, 12-hour shifts (5:30 PM – 6:00 AM)

Start Date: October 8, 2026

About the Role

The facility seeks a Certified Respiratory Therapist to assess, treat, and monitor patients with respiratory diseases and conditions. You will deliver medicated and non-medicated therapy, provide invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilator support for acute respiratory failure, and perform diagnostic testing procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Critical & Emergent Care (35%)

• Respond to code blue and rapid response situations throughout the facility
• Manage airways, including endotracheal and tracheostomy tube care
• Assess and adjust invasive and non-invasive ventilatory parameters
• Assist with advanced procedures: endotracheal intubation, arterial lines, bronchoscopy
• Support high-risk deliveries and care of compromised newborns

General Care (30%)

• Administer medicated therapy (nebulizers, metered-dose inhalers)
• Provide therapeutic procedures (chest physiotherapy, oscillating positive expiratory pressure)
• Manage oxygen therapy and patient education

Diagnostic Procedures (15%)

• Perform pulmonary function testing, arterial and capillary blood gas sampling
• Conduct cardiac testing (12-lead EKG, Holter monitoring)
• Complete neurodiagnostic studies (EEG)

Communication & Equipment Management (20%)

• Document assessments and communicate patient information to the care team
• Maintain and clean mechanical ventilators and therapeutic gas delivery devices
• Participate in quality improvement and departmental meetings

Required Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Respiratory Care
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification via National Board for Respiratory Care
• Current Kentucky respiratory license
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications

Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care; healthcare or customer service experience.