RRT or CRT Full Time Day Shift
Elizabethtown, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Job overview
The Respiratory Therapist assesses, treats, and monitors patients with respiratory diseases and conditions, delivers therapies as ordered, and provides ventilator support for acute respiratory failure. The role also includes performing diagnostic tests and assisting with departmental operations, equipment, supplies, and quality improvement projects. Candidates must graduate from an accredited respiratory therapy program and hold a current Kentucky Respiratory Care license and RRT or CRT certification.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Experience Required
None
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Summary
Job Description:
Respiratory Therapist - Respiratory Therapy
$10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS !!!
Full-time, 6:00a-6:00p
Job Description:
The respiratory therapist assesses, treats, and monitors patients with respiratory diseases and conditions. This includes the delivery of medicated and non-medicated therapy as ordered by the provider. Additionally, therapists provide invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilator support for acute respiratory failure. As part of patient assessment and management, the therapist performs diagnostic test procedures. In addition, therapist assists in departmental operations by addicting with quality improvement projects, equipment, and supplies. The certified therapist follows all applicable rules and regulations established by the licensure board depending on the state in which respiratory therapy is practiced.
Requirements:
Graduate from an accredited respiratory therapy program required.
Current Kentucky Respiratory Care license required.
Registered Respiratory therapist (RRT) OR Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy preferred.
Benefits:
Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
Employee Assistance Program
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
"EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to r ace, color, national origin, gender, s exual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES
Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056."
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R26108693
How this job compares
Set against the 4,148 open Respiratory Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr40 hourly ranges
- US median$34–47/hr1,758 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is close to the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Respiratory Therapist hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 69 open Respiratory Therapist jobs in Kentucky and 4,148 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.22 open
- Baptist Health (this employer)19 open
- Norton Healthcare7 open
- Experience
- Respiratory Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,245 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,927 of the 4,148 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (46%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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