Registered Respiratory Therapist - Cox Monett - PRN

Facility:

Cox Monett: 1000 E. Hwy 60, Monett, Missouri, United States of America, 65708






Department: 1588 Respiratory Care Unit Monett

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

Hours: varying hours

Work Shift: Rotating (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

Job Description:

Job Summary
The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Registered Respiratory Therapist assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The Registered 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 blood gas analysis.

Job Requirements

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:

• Missouri State License for Respiratory
• RRT credential from the NBRC

Must obtain BLS within 90 days of hire