Respiratory Care Practitioner and Senior Respiratory Care Practitioner - Sleep Lab

About the job

In Spokane, WA, Providence St. Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center is hiring full-time respiratory care practitioners and senior respiratory care practitioners for its sleep lab, working day shifts. This combined posting covers multiple openings, and each applicant is considered for the role their qualifications fit.

Providence is Washington's largest health care provider; in eastern Washington it serves Spokane, Stevens and Walla Walla counties. Its medical centers are known for programs in pediatrics and neonatal intensive care, cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, and emergency and trauma care.

What you'll do

• As a respiratory care practitioner, help maintain or restore the fullest possible function of patients' cardiopulmonary systems, following physician orders and/or department protocols
• As a respiratory care practitioner, apply operating procedures, protocols and technical standards to problems of varying complexity, interpreting them as needed, for patients of all ages
• As a respiratory care practitioner, use initiative to develop ideas and to respond to or adjust problem situations, typically reporting to a supervisor who evaluates ideas
• As a respiratory care practitioner, share supervision as charge, usually over approximately three employees
• As a senior respiratory care practitioner, give skilled, creative, discipline-specific therapy to cardiopulmonary patients and use current best practice to manage their care within a multidisciplinary team
• As a senior respiratory care practitioner, you may supervise volunteers, students or other support staff
• Be pleasant, respectful and courteous with patients, families, staff and visitors, and represent the hospital well at all times

What you need

• Respiratory care practitioner: graduation from an AMA-approved school for respiratory care
• Respiratory care practitioner: the National Board for Respiratory Care's Sleep Disorders Specialty within 2 years of hire
• Senior respiratory care practitioner: education that meets the requirements for certification, licensure or registration
• Senior respiratory care practitioner: 3 years of experience as either a respiratory care practitioner or a respiratory therapist
• Both roles: a Washington Respiratory Care Practitioner License upon hire
• Both roles: National Provider BLS from the American Heart Association upon hire

Preferred

• Respiratory care practitioner: recent experience in sleep study technology

Schedule

• Full-time, day shift

Benefits

• A sign-on bonus for eligible external candidates and rehires who meet the required qualifications and payment conditions
• Relocation assistance may be available
• A 401(k) savings plan with employer matching
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Time off benefits, including paid parental leave, vacation, holidays and time for health issues
• Voluntary benefits and well-being resources
• Extra pay may be available on top of base pay, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, premiums, extra-shift incentives or bonus opportunities