Respiratory Technician

Job Description A Day in the Life

• Make a real impact from day one. Join a collaborative respiratory care team where you’ll gain hands‑on experience and grow your skills under the support of highly skilled, licensed respiratory therapists.

• Choose a workplace that invests in your future. Munson provides a supportive learning environment, structured development opportunities, and a commitment to helping you advance your respiratory care career.

• Support patient care under the supervision of a licensed respiratory therapist, with responsibilities progressing by experience level:
  First Year Techs assist therapists closely and remain nearby during care, while Second Year Techs provide patient care with indirect, onsite supervision from a Respiratory Care Clinical Coordinator or Charge Respiratory Therapist.

• Cleans, assembles, and performance‑tests patient care equipment; maintains backup respiratory equipment in designated storage areas; and supports clinical staff by delivering equipment to patient care units during emergent situations.

• Restocks Respiratory Care supply carts and oxygen cylinders to ensure continuous availability of essential supplies.

• Performs and documents basic respiratory procedures for adult and pediatric patients, including incentive spirometry, medicated aerosol treatments (excluding continuous or critical care therapy), MDI/DPI administration, CPT, Flutter Valve, Volara, EzPAP™, PEP, oxygen administration, and pulse oximetry; interns may draw arterial blood gases and perform ABG analysis only under direct supervision.

• Conducts basic respiratory assessments during therapy, reporting changes in patient condition to the supervising therapist and seeking guidance for newly admitted patients or when adjustments to the plan of care are needed.

• Participates in Code Blue or Medical Response Team (MRT) situations under direct supervision of a licensed respiratory therapist and accurately charges for all therapies and services provided.

• High School Diploma or GED
• Actively enrolled in an accredited Respiratory Therapy Program
• Enrolled in a Respiratory Therapy program and have successfully completed the first adult critical care rotation preferred

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.