About this role
Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.
Job Overview
To provide family-centered, age appropriate clinical cardio pulmonary care. Utilize assessment findings in a timely manner to establish patient and family needs in collaboration with the health care team. Communicate findings in both verbal and written format. Seek personal/ professional development, assure safe operation of the life support equipment and perform other duties as required. Take a leadership role as assigned, act as a clinical resource to other departments. May precept staff after displaying proficiency. Participate in hospital / departmental committees, special projects and research. We are looking for a Full-Time Respiratory Therapist to join our Portland team.
Schedule: Part-time Days FTE: 0.3 (One 12-Hour Shift/Week)
The pay range for this position is $36.82-$55.22/hourly. Compensation is determined based on years of experience and departmental equity.
Responsibilities
- Provided primary respiratory care to patients from admission through discharge, and charts appropriately.
- Serves as a resource and provides education to students, interns, residents, nurses, and new employees as needed.
- Assures safe, cost-effective operation and function of pertinent equipment and utilizes appropriate infection control techniques in all areas.
- Seeks personal, professional development and accountability.
- Demonstrates the ability to professionally interact and communicate appropriately with staff, patients, families, and visitors.
- Understands overall hospital/departmental philosophy, policies and procedures and applies it to daily patient staff/interaction.
Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of this jobs responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Required
- Associate Respiratory Therapy
- RT License in state of practice
- National Registration by National Board for Respiratory Therapy
- Basic Life Support BLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Preferred
- 2 Years in ICU setting, Pediatric/Adult RT intensive care
Other facts
About Shriners Children's
Établi à Montréal (Québec) depuis 1925, l’Hôpital Shriners pour enfants – Canada est un centre de soins de courte durée, bilingue, dont les soins pédiatriques orthopédiques ultraspécialisés traitent des troubles complexes tels que, l’ostéogenèse imparfaite et les anomalies graves de la colonne vertébrale ou des membres. Il offre également la chirurgie reconstructive et la réadaptation. Des enfants du Canada, des États-Unis et du monde entier ont bénéficié des recherches d’avant-garde et des traitements novateurs de l’hôpital. Dans sa pratique clinique, en enseignement et en recherche, l’hôpital est entièrement dédié à la poursuite de l’excellence et de l’innovation tout en veillant à ce que les patients et leur famille évoluent dans un environnement empreint de compassion et qui soit centré sur la famille. Grace à la télémédecine et à ses cliniques satellites, l’hôpital est également bien enraciné dans les diverses communautés du Canada.
Built in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, the Canada Shriners Hospital is a bilingual, short term, acute care centre providing pediatric orthopedic ultraspecialized care for complex disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), severe spinal and limb anomalies, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation. Children from across Canada, the U.S. and around the world have benefited from the hospital’s groundbreaking research and innovative treatments. The hospital is committed to excellence and innovation in clinical practice, research and education and to ensuring patients and their families are treated in a caring, family-friendly environment. The hospital is also present in communities across Canada thanks to telemedicine, outreach clinics.
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What you'll do
- Provide family-centered, age-appropriate clinical cardiopulmonary care and communicate findings effectively. Assure safe operation of life support equipment and participate in departmental committees and special projects.
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