Registered Respiratory Therapist - Pediatric - Prn

**Facility:** CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807 **Department:** 1831 SLC-CH Respiratory **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 0 **Hours:** 6:30 PM-7:00AM **Work Shift:** Night 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: * 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_.  * Acknowledged by _Forbes_ as one of the Best Employers for New Grads. * _Healthcare Innovation's_ Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025). **Benefits** * Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)   * For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: [Benefits | CoxHealth](https://www.coxhealth.com/employees/benefits/) **Job Description:** The Pediatric Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Pediatric Respiratory Therapist assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The Pediatric 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 and capillary 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: ▪ Required: Missouri State License for Respiratory ▪ Required: RRT credential from the NBRC (If applicable) ▪ Must obtain NRP within 90 days of hire