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Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Respiratory Therapist, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA.
Are you ready to practice respiratory care at the highest level?
Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital is seeking experienced Respiratory Therapists to join one of the most advanced neonatal and pediatric programs in the Southeast. If you're passionate about caring for critically ill newborns and children while working alongside nationally recognized specialists, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. As part of our team, you'll provide life-saving respiratory care in Georgia's first Regional Perinatal Center and birthing hospital to earn the prestigious AAP-accredited Level IV Neonatal Center designation, the highest level of neonatal care available.
Why Experienced Respiratory Therapists Choose Memorial Health Practice at the Highest Level of Neonatal Care
Our 92-bed Level IV NICU serves as the regional referral center for critically ill and premature infants across a 24-county region in Southeast Georgia and Southern South Carolina.
You'll care for:
Extremely premature infants born as early as 22-24 weeks gestation
Neonates requiring complex respiratory management
Patients with congenital anomalies requiring immediate surgical intervention High-acuity pediatric patients across our
Children's Hospital continuum of care
Job Summary and Qualifications As a Respiratory Therapist, you'll play an essential role in guiding patients through both routine care and critical moments. You'll perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures while managing invasive and noninvasive ventilation across a variety of care settings. You'll have access to advanced respiratory technology, mentorship from experienced RT leaders, and the support of a dependable, collaborative team that will set you up for success and ongoing professional growth. And with consistent, predictable scheduling, you'll have the stability and resources to deliver your best care, continue building your expertise, and make a lasting impact on patient health every day.
What qualifications you will need: ACLS, BCLS and PALS must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
(NBRC-RRT) Registered Respiratory Therapist must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
(RRT/RCP-State) Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner
Associate Degree or Bachelors Degree
Benefits Memorial Health University Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Memorial Health University Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1955, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 600+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities that serves 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. Located in Savannah, Georgia, we are a regional referral center for heart care, cancer care, trauma care, children's care, high-risk pregnancies and high-risk newborn care. Our hospital includes the region's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital , as well as the Savannah campus of Mercer University School of Medicine.
At Memorial Health, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our RRT opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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