Registered Respiratory Therapist Pulmonary PRN

Presbyterian is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Respiratory Therapist to join our healthcare team. As an RRT you will play a crucial role in assessing diagnosing and treating patients with respiratory and cardiopulmonary disorders. Your expertise and dedication will help improve patient outcomes and enhance their quality of life.

Type of Opportunity: Per Required Need (0.001 FTE)
Work Schedule: Nights

Compensation & Differentials

• Shift Differentials: nights $5.00 and weekends $3.00
• Preceptor Differential
• Differentials for higher education certifications and various lead roles
• Career Ladder Program Eligible Therapists may receive differential pay based on
  • Advanced certifications (RPFT CPFT Perinatal Pediatric ACCS RPSGT etc.)

Your growth is our prioritythis program is designed to elevate your skills and ensure long-term career fulfillment.

How you grow learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options including tuition and certification reimbursement scholarship opportunities
• Wearable duress alarm technology (a wearable badge that allows staff to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through theNew Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

• Associate Degree in Respiratory Therapy
• Reg Resp Therapist (NBRC)
• Respiratory Care Practitioner-NM
• BLS
• ACLS and/or PALS
• Six months to one-year of critical care experience preferred.

• All Certified Respiratory Therapist responsibilities.
• Assists physicians with Bronchoscopy Procedures under departmental policy including monitoring and assessment of the level of consciousness cardiovascular and pulmonary systems; as well as delivery of IV conscious sedation agents to include drugs in the classifications of opioids benzodiazepines and sedative-hypnotics and their reversal agents.
• Initiates ventilator protocols; implements and coordinates ventilator management.
• Performs advanced airway care to include tracheotomy changes extubation and intubation.
• Initiates and monitors high-frequency ventilators.
• In NICU Therapists will also perform: Surfactant delivery and intubation and attend high-risk deliveries.
• Optional procedures: transport team intubation and backup charge therapist.
• Initiates and monitors Nitric Oxide delivery.
• Performs department-specific functions as detailed within the summary of the department-specific duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

Were all about well-being starting with yours.
Presbyterian employees have access to a fun engaging and unique wellness program including free on-site and community-based gyms nutrition coaching and classes mindfulness and meditation resources wellness challenges and more.

Learn more about our employee benefits.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of nine hospitals a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908 we are the states largest private employer with nearly 13000 employees - including more than 1200 providers and nearly 3500 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 640000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.