Respiratory Therapist

** Location Address:
** 1455 Saint Francis Ave Shakopee, MN
** Date Posted:
** December 22, 2025
** Department:
** Cardiopulmonary Services
** Shift:
** Day/Evening/Night (United States of America)
** Shift Length:
** 12 hour shift
** Hours Per Week:
** 0
* * Union

Contract:

** SEIU-8-St Francis Technical-TSF
** Weekend Rotation:
** None
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* Job Summary:

** Join Allina Health as a Respiratory Therapist, where you'll play a crucial role in our Respiratory Therapy team. Your expertise will be essential in addressing patient needs and facilitating a seamless healthcare experience. Your commitment and collaboration are key to delivering exceptional care at Allina Health.
** Key Position Details:
*** Casual (0.0 FTE)
* 12-hour, day/evening/night shifts
* No weekends
* Meet our care team member - Respiratory Therapist
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* Job Description:

** Assesses, diagnoses and treats patients suffering from cardiopulmonary respiratory disorders. Under the direction of a physician, educates patients and staff regarding chronic and acute pulmonary disorders, provides consultative services to area hospitals/agencies, and provides technical and educational support to nurses regarding respiratory procedures.

** Principle Responsibilities
*** Provides respiratory assessment and therapeutic intervention.  + Identifies opportunities to improve outcomes by utilization/recommendation of appropriate therapies or interventions.  + Applies knowledge of approved protocols and clinical indications for interventions and routinely applies protocols to progress patients appropriately.  + Communicates with the care team to ensure exchange of essential information.  + Demonstrates competency with operation and troubleshooting of equipment used for therapy.
* Provides for safe/effective management and monitoring of all forms of mechanical ventilation.  + Provides mechanical ventilatory support safely and effectively to meet objectives identified by the provider and/or protocols.  + Demonstrates competency in operation and troubleshooting of ventilators.  + Identifies best mode of ventilation and opportunities to optimize patient-ventilator interface, makes recommendations to provider as appropriate.  + Assess readiness to wean, recognizes failure to wean and documents findings.  

+ Provides invasive and non-invasive ventilation, ventilation during transport, manual resuscitation by bag/valve device, weaning assessment, respiratory mechanics and waveform analysis, non-traditional modes and techniques.  + Manages airway appropriately to include positioning, securing, humidification selection and suctioning.  + Negotiates decisions within own scope of practice and in the best interest of the patient.  + Collaborates with nurses and providers to assure respiratory goals are not in conflict with other aspects of patient care.
* Provides disease management education to patients and families.  + Recognizes opportunity to increase patient knowledge of disease management and/or coping skills.  + Reinforces positive patient behaviors and skills during treatment interactions.  + Possesses and shares knowledge of asthma self-management and COPD education.  + Educates patient on inhaler techniques, peak flow monitoring asthma and COPD education to achieve patient compliance for self-administration.  

+ Educates patient on diaphragmatic and pursed lip breathing techniques to alleviate dyspnea.
* Conducts diagnostic testing and analysis.  + Completes necessary tests to assist in the medical management of the patient.  + Demonstrates competency in technique and technology to meet standards.  + Possesses clinical knowledge of interpretation of results and acts accordingly.  + Complies with policy and procedure as well as processing of report.
* Other duties as assigned.
** Required Qualifications
*** Associate's or Vocational degree from a Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) accredited Respiratory Care Program or
* 0 to 2 years in a critical care setting
** Preferred Qualifications
*** Bachelor's degree from a CoARC accredited Respiratory Care Program or other health science related program
* 0 to 2 years as a Respiratory Therapist
** Licenses/Certifications
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