Respiratory Therapist

About the opportunity

Serves as a resource person for all members of the respiratory and health care team. Responsible for performing all aspects of Respiratory Therapy.

• Performs direct patient care on the patient care floors while participating in daily operational activities as necessary.
• Demonstrates competency and compliance with all regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Helps to train, educate, and set up education for all current and new staff for the Respiratory Service Area.
• Maintains constructive collaborative communication with patients, patient's family, physicians, co‑workers and other members of health care team to contribute to continuity of care.
• Following competency validation, performs diagnostic cardiology procedures including EKG, Cardiac event recorder, Holter monitor, EEG, Pulmonary function testing, Peak Flows, Pulse Oximetry titration walks, and stress tests.
• Draws Arterial Blood Gases, runs samples, controls daily maintenance, and troubleshoots the analyzer. Acts as a resource on interpretation of results per Joint Commission/CAP/CLIA regulations.
• Attends Trauma, Code Blue and Rapid Response Team emergencies. Assists with establishment and maintenance of airway.
• Demonstrates ability to give and receive feedback and incorporates this into work. Gives feedback on employees for performance reviews.
• Identifies clinical and interdepartmental problems and resolves conflicts appropriately.
• Role models the principals of a Just Culture and Organizational Values.
• Perform other duties as assigned. Must be HIPAA compliant.

• Two years of experience in an acute care hospital accredited by the Joint Commission.
• Experience in the care of neonatal, pediatric critical patient care.

• State of Colorado Respiratory Therapist license required.

• Registered Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required.

• Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computer skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job‑specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

Must have working knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English.

• N/A

PRN (POOL) benefits include:
Wellbeing reimbursement funds and 403(b) contribution eligibility.

Pay is based upon relevant education and experience per hour.

Hourly Pay: $31.82 - $47.74 USD

As set forth in Vail Health Hospital’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one.

People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
• Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
• Blind or low vision
• Cancer (past or present)
• Cardiovascular or heart disease
• Celiac disease
• Cerebral palsy
• Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
• Diabetes
• Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
• Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
• Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
• Intellectual or developmental disability
• Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
• Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
• Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
• Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
• Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
• Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
• Short stature (dwarfism)
• Traumatic brain injury