Registered Respiratory Therapist PICU
Boston, MA
Medasource
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

Location: Boston, MA
Schedule: Full-Time
Setting: Pediatric Respiratory Care

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a compassionate, skilled Respiratory Therapist to support infants, children, and young adults with complex respiratory needs. In this hands-on pediatric role, you will work closely with pulmonologists, attending physicians, patients, and families to deliver safe, high-quality respiratory care.

Patients may require ventilator support due to prematurity, congenital cardio-respiratory conditions, or other complex needs. You will play an important role in helping patients progress toward ventilator weaning, supporting tracheostomy care, and educating families preparing to care for a child at home.

What You’ll Do

• Provide respiratory care to pediatric patients from birth through age 22.
• Manage and wean invasive mechanical ventilation.
• Support tracheostomy tube management and decannulation.
• Provide non-invasive ventilatory support, including Bi-Level ventilation.
• Evaluate, manage, and administer respiratory medications and treatments.
• Perform respiratory muscle evaluations and exercise support.
• Respond to airway emergencies and provide CPR support as needed.
• Educate patients and families on respiratory care, ventilator use, and safe home-care practices.
• Assist with patient transport to other hospitals when needed.
• Collaborate with physicians and the interdisciplinary care team to support individualized treatment plans.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an accredited two-year certificate or four-year respiratory care program.
• Current Massachusetts Respiratory Care license.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist credential through the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
• Current BCLS certification.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

Preferred Qualifications

• PALS and NALS certifications.
• Pediatric, neonatal, ventilator, tracheostomy, or complex respiratory-care experience.