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Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.

With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.

As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.

Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none. 

Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.

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The Respiratory Care Department at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is a 24-hour a day division of the hospital comprised of NYS licensed respiratory therapists. The help of a respiratory therapist and respiratory therapist technician at our facility in New York can ultimately restore your quality of life.

Our Respiratory therapists are essential members of our multidisciplinary healthcare team.  The Respiratory Therapist renders respiratory therapy to patients as ordered by a physician.  Additionally, he/she consults with other health care practitioners in the management or prevention of cardiopulmonary disorders. 

We are currently seeking two Respiratory Therapists to cover our full-time night shift, 7:00PM – 7:30AM, 37.5 hours per week, rotating weekends.   Come join our exceptional team of Respiratory Therapists!

Job Responsibilities:

  • Assemble and verify operation of equipment
  • Initiate, monitor, manage and regulate patients on mechanical ventilation for all age groups
  • Initiate, monitor and regulate oxygen therapy, aerosol and humidity therapy
  • Perform intubation, extubation and trachesotomy care
  • Perform arterial puncture and blood gas analysis
  • Administer aerosol medication treatments and perform bronchial hygiene
  • Participate in Cardiac arrest , Rapid Response and Trauma teams
Requirements
  • Associate degree required; bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Graduate of an approved program for Respiratory Therapy
  • Licensed Respiratory Therapist (NYS)
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification (BCLS)
  • Membership in the AARC preferred
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