About this role
Overview
When every breath counts and every heartbeat matters, you are there.
As a Respiratory Care Practitioner, your expertise plays a vital role in the care of adult, geriatric, pediatric, and neonatal patients. Your commitment to excellence directly impacts lives—and through your work, you help fulfill Legacy’s mission of making life better for others.
Responsibilities
As a Respiratory Care Practitioner, you will perform a variety of duties including respiratory therapy, ventilator management, EKGs, and serving on the code team. Additional responsibilities may include exercise stress testing and pulmonary function testing. All duties are carried out in accordance with physician orders, using sound clinical judgment and technical expertise in patient care.
- COMPETENCY: Achieves and maintains advanced level clinical skills necessary to care for critical patients.
- PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WORKLOAD: Performs cardiopulmonary procedures using the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the age of patients (neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric) served. Goals of the department are attained utilizing a clearly established daily plan of treatments, procedures, clean up and maintenance with cooperation through all shifts regardless of assignments or job title.
- DOCUMENTATION: Complete, accurate and timely information is gathered and documented in the department and patient records. Accurate charges and record keeping is done to ensure proper billing.
- COMMUNICATION: Verbal and non-verbal age-appropriate communications (neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric) are open and positive with peers, supervisors, physicians, patients and all outside customers, under stressful and non-stressful circumstances. Patients and co-workers’ confidentiality is maintained.
- ENVIRONMENT/SAFETY: Clinic environment, equipment, and personal workspace are maintained in a neat and safe manner. Annual safety and other hospital wide educational requirements are met in a timely fashion and clearly documented.
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Professional education is advanced through regular participation in internal/external education opportunities in both broad and discipline-specific topics. Completes annual competencies and keeps accurate files in personal portfolio.
- SPECIAL PROCEDURES: The Respiratory Care Practitioner has a basic knowledge of related special procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
- Associate degree in Respiratory Therapy from a program accredited by the Committee On Accreditation for Respiratory Care (COARC) or accredited by the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA).
Experience:
- One-year experience preferred.
Licensure
Current state Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCPRT) license required.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers from the American Heart Association required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from the American Heart Association required within one year of hire.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required within one year of hire.
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) preferred.
Pay Range
USD $39.27 - USD $56.16 /Hr.Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity
Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.
If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.
Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you
Other facts
About Legacy Health
Good health for our people, our patients, our communities and our world. Legacy Health is a local nonprofit that provides comprehensive primary, secondary and tertiary care services across the Portland and Vancouver metro area and the mid-Willamette Valley.
That means helping people get healthy, and staying that way. Encouraging medical professionals to set a higher standard. Tending to the little things that help patients heal. And supporting our staff in doing whatever it takes to meet the needs of those we serve.
But it's not just what we do, it's why we do it. At Legacy, our fundamental responsibility is to improve the wellness of everyone we touch, to empower people to live healthier lives, and to create a legacy that truly lives on.
We strive to be a diverse, culturally competent organization. We strongly encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and inclusion to apply.
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What you'll do
- The Respiratory Care Practitioner performs respiratory therapy, ventilator management, and participates in the code team. Additional duties include conducting exercise stress testing and pulmonary function testing while adhering to physician orders.
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