Registered Respiratory Therapist

The Registered Respiratory Therapist is responsible for the provision/supervision of respiratory clinical care responsibilities to age specific groups.

• Assesses and makes appropriate decisions and interventions according to patient evaluation / needs.
• Sets patient goals, assisting in the development of a plan of care along with the multidisciplinary team.
• Evaluates / interpret diagnostic data including but not limited to lab results and monitoring data.
• Communicates effectively with the multidisciplinary team.
• Proactively initiates process improvement ideas.
• Assists with clinical instruction and precepting and serves as a resource person to lower-level therapists.
• Supports hospital and department mission, goals, and department metrics.
• Documents and charges for procedures neatly, accurately, thoroughly, and completely to ensure quality standards set by the department and hospital.
• Provides CPR as required according to facility guidelines.
• Performs advanced airway maintenance per facility guidelines.
• Provides procedural respiratory support.
• May use protocols / prescriber care plans, chart review, and conferring with multidisciplinary team to determine proper therapy delivery device/ frequency, making appropriate changes/ recommendations to plan of care.
• Delivers inhaled medications, which may include inhaled medications specific to facility, bronchial hygiene therapy, lung expansion therapy and manages patients receiving inhaled gasses.
• Provides respiratory care to patients on invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilators.
• Initiates, operates, transports, and liberates conventional and advanced modes of ventilation per policy and procedure/prescriber care plan.
• Reviews chest radiology reports as necessary.
• Initiates, maintains, transports and monitors advanced inhaled gasses (campus specific).
• Prones/ ambulates ventilated patients.
• Properly performs hemodynamic procedures according to facility requirements.
• May initiate, manage, transport Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps if applicable to facility.
• Obtains, performs, and reports findings of blood gas and co-oximetry analysis.
• Performs quality control as needed.
• Setups and performs monitoring as applicable to campus, such as oximetry, apnea, TC and ETCO2 monitoring as ordered by physician.
• Performs EKGs after hours (campus specific).

• Completion of Respiratory Therapy Program / Technical-Vocational School
• Respiratory Care Practitioner License with Texas Medical Board
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Active Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)

• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support

Texas Health Huguley Hospital is a joint venture with AdventHealth, and these two faith-based organizations have a long history of collaboration.