Job Description
Overview
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
Provides respiratory care for patients in adult, neonatal care, and/or outpatient CPAP centers . Employees may perform ECG, EEG, pulmonary function testing, & bronchoscopy and any other testing as deemed within the scope of practice by national standards.
Qualifications
REQUIRED:
Must be a graduate from an accredited respiratory therapy/care education program.
Licensed as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from Georgia Composite Medical Board.
Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRT) credential from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)
Must hold American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
PREFERRED:
Additional Life Support credential (PALS, NRP, etc.) or other clinical specialty certifications in specific units.
Visual color acuity depending on the role in specific units.
CPFT credential from NBRC if working in the PFT Lab.