Respiratory Therapist - Internal Agency -Tier II Float

Facility: Cox. Health South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1155 Central Staffing Office Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 Hours: 6:30 PM - 7:00 AM Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America) Cox. Health 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.

Cox. Health has earned the following honors for workplace excellence: Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times. 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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Benefits

Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week) For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | Cox. Health Job Description: This position will float to multiple locations across Cox. Health campuses and will receive float pay of $9.00 per hour.

Job Summary

The Registered Respiratory Therapist Float provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Registered Respiratory Therapist Float can provide care throughout the hospital locations within the system. The Registered Respiratory Therapist Float assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history.

The Registered Respiratory Therapist Float may provide medicated and non-medicated therapies, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, oxygen administration and titration, diagnostic testing as related to ventilation and pulmonary function as well as arterial blood gas analysis.

Education

• Required: Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Program
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in a related field Experience:
• No prior experience required Skills:
• Provides care as appropriate to age of population served.
• Proficient in safely providing all routine and emergent respiratory modalities.
• Able to assess patients and provide patient care per protocol.
• Provide accurate and appropriate electronic documentation.
• Provide accurate and appropriate education to patients, students and new staff.
• Possesses assessment and critical thinking skills
• Possesses in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology
• Adheres to infection prevention practices and facility safety policies and procedures.
• Licensure/Certification/Registration
• Missouri State License for Respiratory
• Must obtain BLS within 90 days of hire
• RRT credential from the NBRC (If applicable