Respiratory
Our Respiratory Therapy team combines expertise, cutting-edge technology and a compassionate touch to improve patients’ respiratory health and enhance their quality of life.
From routine breathing treatments to critical cases requiring advanced intervention, you will be challenged to think on your feet and adapt to your patients’ needs.
Your Career Opportunities
We’re invested in helping you grow in your career at TMH. As a Registered Respiratory Therapist, you will have many opportunities and career paths available to you, including:
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
- Critical Care RRT
- Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care RRT
- Lead RRT
- Navigator
Your Role in Our Mission
We pride ourselves on being the only hospital in the region to offer a variety of advanced respiratory therapies. Our highly qualified team is an integral part of the medical staff and play an invaluable role in the patient experience.
We are the Tallahassee community’s hospital for life. Our respiratory therapists serve patients at every moment of life — the beginning, the end and all the moments in between. Our dynamic respiratory team is ready to provide excellent care in any situation and at any time.
As an RRT at TMH, you have the autonomy to provide these services and many more:
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Intubations – artificial airway placement
- Medication Delivery & Breathing Treatments
- Airway Clearance Therapies
- Patient Monitoring and Assessment
- Assisted Ventilation
- A-line Insertion and Management
- Ventilator Management
- High-Risk Delivery
- Internal and External Adult/Pediatric/Neonatal Patient Transport
- Tracheostomy Care
- Sleep Studies
- Blood Gas Draws and Analysis
- Respiratory Education
- Pulmonary Function
- Nitric Oxide Delivery – invasive and non-invasive
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Benefits & Career Advantages
What sets us apart as a destination for respiratory professionals? As a community-based healthcare system, we invest in respiratory therapists because you are essential to providing quality care. At TMH, we provide career advantages that our competitors can’t match.
- Increased competitive salary
- Annual 3% merit raise*
- Retirement plan options and contributions matching up to 6%
- Up to $15K sign-on bonuses for select units and experience levels
- Tuition reimbursement*
- Scholarship opportunities*
- Paid time off
- Life insurance coverage of $25,000*
- Professional development programs
- Discounts & amenities
- On-site child care*
- On-site credit union
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Relocation assistance*
*Restrictions may apply
A Respiratory Therapist’s Story:
Breathing Life into Patient Care
Allison Peters
Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRT) and our Chronic Lung Disease Navigator
Allison had no idea what an RRT did until her friend recommended Respiratory Therapy to her as a career idea. She took the leap and applied to TCC’s 2-year program. “I had no clue what I was doing. I started classes like, ‘What is a respiratory therapist? I don’t know… but I’m gonna be one!’”
She loves what she does. She explained, “We get to know our patients and we help them breathe easier. We’re at the bedside a lot, alongside nurses and doctors, providing routine care such as breathing treatments. But we also respond to almost all emergency situations and work closely in critical care.”
Now, Allison works as our Chronic Lung Disease Navigator. “My role is a proactive approach to managing patients with chronic lung diseases such as COPD and asthma. I provide information, education and resources about these diseases to our patients and the community,” she shared. Part of her job is educating patients about their diseases, teaching them how to properly use inhalers or inhaled medications and connecting them with specialists at TMH Physician Partners- Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep or the Tallahassee Memorial Transition Center.
