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Registered Respiratory Therapist

CHI
Lexington, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/18/2026
Job Summary And Responsibilities

As a Respiratory Therapist, you will join an established team of RTs who share your passion for delivering highly specialized cardiopulmonary care to patients experiencing breathing issues. You'll be instrumental in providing a range of treatments from breathing techniques and nebulizer treatments to ventilator management, oxygen therapies, and external ventilation support.

Every day you will apply your keen assessment skills and critical thinking to manage diverse patient needs, develop and execute effective care plans, and ensure calm, focused intervention in both routine and emergent situations.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong sense of urgency, unwavering calm under pressure, and the ability to anticipate outcomes. Your dedication to patient well-being and exceptional problem-solving abilities will drive success in this vital role.

  • Plans and administers non-medicated aerosol and humidity therapy.
  • Plans and administers oxygen therapy (including implementation of oxygen therapy protocol where appropriate.
  • Plans and administers aerosolized medication and specialty gas therapy.
  • Plans and administers COPD care program.
  • Plans and administers incentive spirometry.
  • Performs airway management.
  • Sign On Bonus up to $25,000 and Educational Assistance (Student Loan Payback) up to $24,000 for Eligible Hires***

Required

Job Requirements

  • Associates Of Science Cardiopulmonary Services, upon hire or
  • Associates Of Science Respiratory Care , upon hire
  • Respiratory Care Practitioner: KY, upon hire and
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist, upon hire and
  • Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 90 Days

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Continuing Care Hospital, a 25-bed long-term acute care hospital located inside CHI Saint Joseph Hospital. Continuing Care Hospital is recognized as a 12-time winner of the Kentucky Hospital Association Quality award and a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Pay Range

$27.36 - $40.70 /hour

Salary : $27 - $41

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