This position is with the Civil Service Union (CSEA)and is NYS Pension eligible.

Summary:

Under the general supervision of the Chief Respiratory Therapist, the Registered Respiratory Therapistis responsible for the operation and supervision of Respiratory Therapy in assigned areas of Westchester Medical Center. In addition, the incumbent of this position assists in providing instruction in respiratory techniques to hospital staff and students. Supervision is exercised over a number of respiratory therapists, technicians and students.

Licenses/Certifications:

Possession of a valid license and current registration issued by the New York State Education Department as a Respiratory Therapist. Special Requirements: Possession of registration as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), issued by the National Board for Respiratory Care.

About Us:

Westchester Medical Center

Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York's Hudson Valley. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 895-bed academic hospital in Valhalla, NY, provides local residents with acute-care services -- Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures and more -- found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other Hudson Valley hospitals and serves as a lifeline for more than 3 million.