Description Location: UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies - Loveland, CO
Department: MCR RT
Work Schedule: Full Time, 72.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Shift: Days
Pay: $31.61 - $47.41 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience
This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option
Career Ladder: UCHealth offers a structured way for you to grow your skills, responsibilities, and pay in this position. As you gain experience and expertise, you will have the opportunity to move through different levels of this career ladder.
Minimum Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy program.
- Registered as a Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
- State licensure
- ACLS and BLS required upon hire - BLS through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross with card in-hand before start date. BLS card must be good through sixty days of hire. All renewals must be issued by the American Heart Association.
- PALS and NRP within 6 months of hire.
Picture yourself on a dynamic team improving lives in the following way(s):
- Provides top of scope practice in direct patient care environment utilizing respiratory therapy protocols and best practices to promote optimized care
- Values and effectively partners with a multidisciplinary team to achieve exceptional care outcomes
- Prioritizes wellness, a patient perspective and evidence-based practice
- Models proficiency through precepting those new to healthcare and/or UCHealth
- Welcomes new knowledge in a fast paced, innovative clinical environment
- Contributes to secure safety and quality at the point of care
Respiratory Therapist:
- Practices in technologically complex clinical setting managing ventilator integration to adaptive pulmonary support and airway management throughout multiple levels of care.
- Clinical ladders encourage internal growth and promotional opportunity through implantation of various clinical and process improvement projects at the unit, division, regional or system level.
