Registered / Certified Respiratory Therapist
Boulder Community Health, Boulder, CO 80303
$32.21 - $48.32 an hour - Full-time - Day shifts and 36 hours a week.
+$2.50/hr for weekend shifts.
Boulder Community Health is seeking a Registered or Certified Respiratory Therapist. The RRT or CRT initiates and performs basic and advanced respiratory care techniques and with knowledge sets up, operates and maintains various types of respiratory care equipment utilized in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease and/or illness. A CRT provides consultation and technical assistance to physicians, nursing personnel and other clinical personnel regarding respiratory care treatments, procedures and ventilator management.
Benefits:
• 403(b)Retirement plan
• Education assistance program
• Staff Support Initiatives such as Sound Baths, Meditation, Massages, and Reiki
• Free one-on-one retirement planning sessions
• Employee Assistance Program offering 8 free, confidential counseling sessions for you and your family
Qualifications
• Successful completion of an approved Respiratory Therapy Program as required by licensure within 12 months of hire
• One of the following:
a. Colorado State License for Respiratory Therapist
b. Requires CRT (Certified Respiratory Therapist) with initial certification from the NBRC (National Board for Respiratory Care) verified with a conditional period to obtain the RRT credential from the NBRC verified.
• BLS (Basic Life Support) required within conditional period
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) required within conditional period
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) are required within conditional period.
• One year of respiratory therapy experience within a hospital setting preferred.
Responsibilities
• Performs physician or licensed independent provider prescribed therapeutic or prophylactic respiratory care modalities such as medications, aerosol therapy, intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB), chest physical therapy (percussion, postural drainage, suctioning), incentive spirometry, oxygen therapy, and others according to developed policies, procedures, and standards.
• Sets up, operates, and monitors ventilators under the direction of a physician or other license provider.
• The respiratory therapist assists the physician with intubation but does not perform independently.
• Assists with ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation but does not perform intubation.
• Performs pulmonary function studies, ear oximetry, EKG's and initial orders within shift ordered, immediately on STAT orders. Draws arterial blood gases when ordered by a provider.
• Writes telephone or verbal physician orders onto the patient's chart.
This position is an internal opening and will close in 7 days. Applications will be accepted until the closing date.
