What are the responsibilities and job description for the Night Shift Team Lead RRT position at CoxHealth?
Facility
Cox Medical Center Branson: 525 Branson Landing Blvd., Branson, Missouri, United States of America, 65616
Department
1413 Respiratory Care Branson
Scheduled Weekly Hours
36
Hours
6:30PM-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
The Team Leader RRT provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Team Leader RRT can provide care throughout the hospital locations within the system. The Team Leader RRT is responsible to divide the therapy load for other team members. The Team Leader RRT is a professional resource for the healthcare team. The Team Leader RRT assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The Team Leader RRT provides 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 Respiratory Therapy 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. ▪ Able to assess workload and divide effectively among the unit team. ▪ Possess assessment and critical thinking skills. ▪ Possess in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology. ▪ Adheres to infection prevention practices and facility safety policies and procedures. ▪ Able to communicate effectively to act as a professional resource to the health care team. Licensure/Certification/Registration: ▪ Missouri State License for Respiratory ▪ RRT credential from the NBRC (If applicable)
Cox Medical Center Branson: 525 Branson Landing Blvd., Branson, Missouri, United States of America, 65616
Department
1413 Respiratory Care Branson
Scheduled Weekly Hours
36
Hours
6:30PM-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).
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20 hrs/week)
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
- Up to $10000 Sign-On Bonus
- Up to 80 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off
- Up to $3000 Relocation bonus
- Up to $1.50 Certification pay
- .50 BSN pay
- Career Ladder Bonus eligible up to $5000
The Team Leader RRT provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Team Leader RRT can provide care throughout the hospital locations within the system. The Team Leader RRT is responsible to divide the therapy load for other team members. The Team Leader RRT is a professional resource for the healthcare team. The Team Leader RRT assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The Team Leader RRT provides 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 Respiratory Therapy 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. ▪ Able to assess workload and divide effectively among the unit team. ▪ Possess assessment and critical thinking skills. ▪ Possess in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology. ▪ Adheres to infection prevention practices and facility safety policies and procedures. ▪ Able to communicate effectively to act as a professional resource to the health care team. Licensure/Certification/Registration: ▪ Missouri State License for Respiratory ▪ RRT credential from the NBRC (If applicable)