Respiratory Therapist

				Overview:

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen-both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation's largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Responsibilities:

Respiratory Therapists may be eligible for a relocation bonus up to $8,000. 

When you join our Respiratory Therapist team, you will help advance modern medicine by providing your skills, experience, and commitment to compassionate care. The impact you will make as an Respiratory Therapist in our faith-based, mission-driven culture drives the opportunity to cultivate excellence and achieve professional fulfillment united in humankindness.

As a Respiratory Therapist (RT) you will:

* Perform respiratory procedures under physician direction in all patient areas. 
* Be responsible for patient assessments, care plans, plan implementation and evaluation and revision of therapy plan as needed. 
* Collaborate with other professional disciplines to ensure the most effective and efficient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes. 
* Utilize knowledge of patient's age and cultural diversity in the provision of patient care.
* Support the organization vision and mission and practices performance improvement techniques to assure the delivery of the most effective patient care.
* Cover both Jordan Valley and Jordan Valley West locations.

Qualifications:

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified Respiratory Therapist candidates will need the following:

* 1 year of respiratory therapy experience, preferred
* Prior use of electronic medical records (EMR), preferred
* High School Diploma required
* Associates Degree preferred
* Completion of an accredited Respiratory Therapy Education Program, i.e. CoARC, JRCRTE, or CAAHEP required
* Must have current state Licensure (RLT) in applicable state of employment. Must have CRT by NBRC required
* BLS required from the American Heart Association
* Current ACLS certification from the American Heart Association required upon hire or obtain within 6 months of hire (for locations in Kansas, ACLS is required within 1 year of hire/transfer date).
* NRP certification and PALS certification upon hire or obtain within 6 months of hire for: St. Anthony North Health, St. Francis Medical Center, St. Mary Corwin, St. Thomas More, Mercy, Longmont.

Physical Requirements - Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)
			

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