Respiratory Therapist - Fulltime

Join the team at Avera!

Award Winning Health Care:  Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture:  Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera:  Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

$15,000 sign-on bonus!

Are you a Respiratory Therapist that:

• Enjoys delivery care with a team passionate about quality patient outcomes
• Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking
• Is seeking to develop relationships by providing respiratory therapies, education & companionship with patients as well as their families
• If you have a passion and desire to enrich lives and touch the hearts of patients, consider joining our team in providing compassionate, high quality care and services within a caring Christian culture.

This is the role for you!

Job Summary & Highlights 

• Student Loan Repayment: This position is eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.
• May be eligible for a $15,000 sign-on bonus with a three-year commitment!
• Review patient records.
• View chest x-ray to determine presence of or changes in consolidation, atelectasis, pneumothorax, and position of endotracheal tube.
• Perform and evaluate beside spirometry, pulmonary mechanics, weaning parameter and peak flows.
• Perform ECG recordings and Holter Monitor setup.