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Silver Cross Hospital

Nonprofit hospital serving Chicago's southwest suburbs

Registered Respiratory Therapist NICU - Sign-On Bonus

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/24/2026
$38.08 - $47.60+ $20,000 Sign-On Bonus
Mid
New Lenox, IL, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care

About the job

Requirements
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist.
  • Licensed in the state of Illinois.
  • CPR certification.
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
  • Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit experience is required.
Responsibilities
  • Assess, monitor, treat, and care for neonatal patients requiring respiratory interventions.
  • Provide advanced airway management, including intubation.
  • Select, assemble, monitor, and manage respiratory care modalities, including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, bubble CPAP, high-frequency oscillator ventilation, and jet ventilation.
  • Administer medications via nebulizer and intratracheally, including surfactant, and administer medical gases such as nitric oxide.
  • Initiate and conduct therapeutic treatments and procedures such as aerosol therapy, airway clearance, and secretion mobilization.
  • Attend and actively participate in high-risk deliveries and neonatal rapid response codes.
  • Acquire and analyze blood gases.
  • Communicate recommendations to the care team based on patient compliance, response, and laboratory and x-ray results, including recommendations to initiate, escalate, de-escalate, or discontinue treatment.
  • Document work efficiently and accurately in the patient medical record and department records, and ensure patient billing is complete.
  • Provide clinical precepting for new team members or students as needed.
  • Communicate with patients' families and provide education about respiratory care and preparation for discharge.
  • Participate in quality improvement projects.
Desired Qualifications
  • Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist (NPS) certification is preferred, or the ability to obtain it within two years of hire.

About the company

Silver Cross Hospital is an independent nonprofit hospital serving adults and children in Will County and Chicago's southwest suburbs. Its emergency department is a Level II trauma center, and its maternity services include intensive care for premature and high-risk newborns. Partnerships bring UChicago Medicine cancer care, Lurie Children's neonatal specialists and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab rehabilitation to its campus. Patients also use outpatient testing, physician offices, urgent care centers and a freestanding emergency center in Homer Glen, with hospital surgery and specialty care available on the main campus. Opened in Joliet in 1895, Silver Cross is headquartered in New Lenox, Illinois.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New Lenox, IL

Founded

1895

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