About this role
Facility:
CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807 Medical South: 3525 S National Ave, Missouri, United States of America, 65807
Department:
1083 Respiratory Care Unit South
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
24
Hours:
24
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
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Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
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Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
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Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
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Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
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Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
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For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description:
Job Summary
The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Registered Respiratory Therapist assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The Registered Respiratory Therapist may provide medicated and non-medicated therapies, invasive and noninvasive ventilation, oxygen administration and titration, diagnostic testing as related to ventilation and pulmonary function as well as arterial blood gas analysis.
Job Requirements
Education
- ▪ Required: Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Program
- ▪ Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in a related field
Experience
- ▪ No prior experience required
Skills
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▪ Provides care as appropriate to age of population served.
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▪ Proficient in safely providing all routine and emergent respiratory modalities.
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▪ Able to assess patients and provide patient care per protocol.
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▪ Provide accurate and appropriate electronic documentation.
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▪ Provide accurate and appropriate education to patients, students and new staff.
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▪ Possesses assessment and critical thinking skills
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▪ Possesses in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology
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▪ Adheres to infection prevention practices and facility safety policies and procedures. Licensure/Certification/Registration:
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▪ Missouri State License for Respiratory
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▪ RRT credential from the NBRC
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Must obtain BLS within 90 days of hire