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Respiratory Therapists Are Eligible to Receive an Additional 14% Select Service Differential AND Highly Competitive Shift Differentials, Advancement Ability Through a Career Ladder with Additional Compensation, and Competitive Shift Differentials.
Welcome to Denver Health!Come work for an institution and department where your professional knowledge is respected, and your autonomy is encouraged. Work with an amazing team that focuses on collaboration and growth and advancement. Work where nursing and providers respect your role. Come learn multiple areas of patient care, Level 1 trauma, Critical Medical and Cardiac ICU, Level 3B NICU, Pediatric ICU and Level 2 Pediatric Trauma and Respiratory Therapy ran ECMO Team. Learn amongst amazing clinicians in a supportive environment with safe workloads. If this sounds like the environment, you thrive in then Denver Health Respiratory Therapy department is career for you!Robust Benefits Package Includes: Competitive Compensation Medical, Dental, Vision, Generous PTO (including 7 paid holidays) Short and Long Term Disability Employee Assistance Plan 401(a) Retirement Plan Tuition Reimbursement Flexible Spending Account Legal Plan RTD Eco Pass at no cost to employee Adoption Assistance Program Fitness CenterJob SummaryUnder general supervision, administerssafeandcompetentrespiratorycareasorderedbyaphysician,withemphasisincriticalcareareas.Monitorsmechanicalventilation,administersmedicationsandperformspatientassessment.Understandsramificationsofhemodynamicmonitoring,arterialbloodgasanalysis,andothercomplexphysiologicdata.Education and Experience1. Associate degreeinRespiratoryCare.GraduationfromanAMAapprovedSchoolforRegistrationinRespiratoryCare. Bachelor's Degree preferred.2. Passing score on the NBRC examination for Registered Respiratory Therapist(RRT)at the time of application.3. Two years of experience as a Respiratory Therapist preferred.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities1. KnowledgeofRespiratoryCarestandardsandguidelinesusedtoperformessentialfunctionsofthejob.2. Excellent working knowledge of Respiratory Care instruments and equipment.3. Understand andinstituteadvancedmodesofventilationasorderedbyphysicianorperprotocol.4. Excellent communicationskillstoestablishandmaintaineffectiveworkingrelationshipswithpatients,hospitalstaffandcoworkers.5. Skill toproperlyuseventilators,monitoringequipment,oxygen-respiratoryequipmentandotherclinictools.6. Ability todelivermedicalgases,setupandmaintainthedeviceandensureappropriatehumidificationlevels.Certificate/License/Registration: 1. Current License to Practice Respiratory Therapy in the State of Colorado.2. BLS,ACLS,PALS,NRP3. ACCS, NPS, PreferredSupervisory ResponsibilitiesThis position has no supervisory responsibilitiesShiftNightsPay RangeMinimum: $28.32Midpoint: $34.71Maximum: $41.11Plus a 14% Select Service Differential AND highly competitive shift differentialsAll job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 18 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison and Safety, a Public Health department, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).Denver Health is committed to provide equal treatment and equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. As an EOE, Denver Health does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.