LEAD RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, Full-Time

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more.

About the Organization

What We At Sierra Medical Center Value:

• Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, performs and/or acts as the resource person for all diagnostic procedures and Respiratory Therapy procedures as outlined in respiratory therapist job description.
• Acts as a resource person and adviser for all other units where Respiratory Therapists are employed or where respiratory therapy procedures are performed by other competent, cross-trained caregivers.
• Communicates to the department manager any suggestions, information and/or problems associated with the administrative, clinical and/or technical management of departmental operations.
• Monitors staff performance. Lends assistance as needed and ensures proper recording of services performed and generates charges appropriately.
• Provides direct patient care consistent with the caseload and schedule demands under the supervision of the Respiratory Therapy Manager.
• Delivers modalities of respiratory therapy, emergent and intensive respiratory care, and diagnostic procedures.

Requirements

• Current State Respiratory Therapist Licensure.
• Graduate of an AMA-approved School of Respiratory Therapy.
• Required experience in a level 3 NICU or greater >2 years.
• Preferred experience in neonatal transport.
• 5 years of verifiable experience.
• BLS and ACLS certification.
• PALS, NRP, Blood Gas Technologist certified within 90 days.
• NICU experience, 2 years or more preferred.

Benefits

For Full And Part Time Employees:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment.
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off.
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans.
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan.
• Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program.
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries.

More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com.