Respiratory Therapist; RT

National Jewish Health is seeking a skilled and compassionate Respiratory Therapist (RT) to join our top-tier team, dedicated to making a lasting impact on patients' lives. This role offers the opportunity to help patients breathe easier in an environment that emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and professional growth.

• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a schedule with no nights, and limited hours on weekends and holidays, allowing for a healthy personal and professional life.
• Collaborative Environment: Partner with expert respiratory therapists, providers, and nursing colleagues to deliver outstanding care.
• Outpatient Focus: Provide care to medically stable patients in an outpatient setting with scheduled appointments.

• Deliver high-quality respiratory care services in accordance with ATS, AARC, and CAP standards.
• Educate patients on managing respiratory conditions to enhance their health and quality of life.
• Collaborate on discharge planning and optimize respiratory care treatments.
• Maintain and manage respiratory equipment and supplies for safe and effective use.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives to advance the care patients receive.

This role offers the chance to collaborate with a supportive and knowledgeable team dedicated to improving patient outcomes. With a focus on outpatient care and innovative respiratory therapies, the position provides opportunities for professional growth and a meaningful career.

Responsible and accountable for performing quality respiratory care procedures in accordance with the standards set forth by the Thoracic Society (ATS), the American Association of Respiratory Therapy (AARC) and College of American Pathologists (CAP). Ensures the optimal application of respiratory care therapeutic modalities on all clinical units and ambulatory care settings and to help provide education to patients with a wide variety of respiratory disorders.

This position works within interdisciplinary teams to provide safe and personalized care for the patient to include discharge planning as needed.

• Performs high quality respiratory care services to assist the physician in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease in accordance with ATS, AARC and CAP standards.
• Provides appropriate and safe direct patient care and education, while meeting current standards of care for the practice, patient education, awareness of disease process, compliance with medical treatment and improvement of the health and quality of life of the patient.
• Prepares and completes all required documentation in a thorough and accurate manner.
• Participates in quality improvements processes on an on-going basis.
• Participates in discharge planning for patients with complex respiratory needs. Consults with members of the multidisciplinary patient care team to initiate, monitor and modify effective respiratory care modalities to produce desired treatment outcomes.
• Responds to Rapid Response and code blue emergencies within the facility.
• Maintains respiratory equipment and supplies and coordinates disinfection of equipment. Works with outside vendors as needed to handle equipment needs.
• Performs all assigned Pulmonary Physiology Diagnostic procedures in accordance with ATS and departmental guidelines.
• Performs work safely in accordance with department safety procedures. Operates equipment safely and reports any unsafe work conditions or practice to supervisor.

• Performs Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Physiology procedures as assigned.

• Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
• Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time. Setting high standards of performance for self…