Respiratory Therapist/Days

Join our team!!!

Are you looking to be one of the team? To be part of the family and not just another number? Are you looking for a positive work environment where teamwork and diversity are key?

• We value your contributions.
• Every role in our hospital has an impact on each of our patients.
• We work hard to make sure our employees love their work here.
• Many have been with us from the very beginning.
• Because we’re physician-owned, we understand the value of having a well-trained, well-resourced staff.
• When it comes to procedural healthcare, experience matters.

• Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital is committed to providing better outcomes for our employees!
• Great Benefits – Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO & 401K
• Individually Tailored 6-12 Week Orientation
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Consumer discounts through Perks
• Family Atmosphere
• Free CEUs through Cornerstone, our online training system

We are looking for a dedicated Respiratory Therapist like you to join our Lubbock Heart team.

What You Will do in this Role

• Provide therapeutic and diagnostic pulmonary care for both the inpatients and outpatients 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
• Administer therapeutic medical gases, delivering aerosol therapy, administering prescribed pharmacological medications, and evaluating and reporting the effectiveness of the prescribed therapy to the physician, as well as other health care workers.
• Assist with procedures used for long and short-term continuous ventilation, airway management, pulmonary postural drainage or chest physiotherapy, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Assist in diagnostic and therapeutic testing techniques i.e.: Pulmonary Function testing/Bronchoscopies/EKG/ABG/Exercise and Nocturnal oximetry studies.
• Assist with the patient’s oronasal and/or tracheal suctioning.
• Keep adequate and accurate records of the patient’s therapy and other department records as required.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit, possessing the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements. Providing the care needed as described in the unit’s/area’s department’s policies and procedures.