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Pulmonary Rehab Registered Respiratory Therapist

Norwalk Hospital Association·Norwalk, Connecticut

$33 - $62/hr·Full Time·On Site·2-5 yrs·Posted 29 days ago
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About the role

Provide pulmonary rehabilitation, smoking cessation, and respiratory home care collaboration for inpatients and outpatients. Perform initial evaluations, formulate treatment goals, and implement care plans including asthma education and tracheostomy care.

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary

To provide pulmonary rehabilitation, smoking cessation and respiratory home care collaboration. Acts as a resource for other disciplines as needed.

Responsibilities

Completes initial evaluation of patients referred to the pulmonary rehabilitation program, select outpatient respiratory care modalities, asthma education, tracheostomy care or smoking cessation counseling Uses appropriate procedures and evaluation tools according to pulmonary rehabilitation procedures, validated protocols and other professional guidelines. Formulates goals for rehabilitation; includes the patient’s goal as part of the goal statement. Documents clear, concise reports in the electronic health record.

  • Plans treatment for each patient based on the initial and ongoing assessment of the patient.
  • Formulates plans for specific modalities for rehabilitation patients.
  • Implements appropriate treatment plan according to policies and procedures, specific to the patient’s needs, ( e.g., pulmonary rehabilitation procedures, expert panel asthma education guidelines, tracheostomy care procedures).
  • Documents progress for each treatment session, assesses response to therapy/education and plans next treatment.
  • Includes patient in the treatment plan when possible by assigning self-care measures that are mutually agreed upon.
  • Involves other disciplines in the treatment plan and documents interaction in the patient’s record.

Documents results of teaching on designated forms. Teaches patients and their families at an age appropriate level. Uses appropriate and current published patient information material to supplement teaching.

Participates in ongoing communication with patients with chronic lung disease. Assists with the periodic patient satisfaction surveys.

Updates knowledge and skills through attendance at in-hospital and outside educational programs. Precepts respiratory therapy students in aspects of pulmonary rehabilitation.

Other responsibilities may include but not limited to spirometry, nebulizer therapy, arterial blood draws, and emergency procedures such as cardiac arrest. Treats inpatients and outpatients in the pulmonary rehabilitation program according to rehabilitation procedures Teaches aspects of safe exercise, breathing retraining, and medication administration. Evaluates patients for home oxygen therapy and consults with case management.

Required

Associates Level degree. Registered Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) BLS certified Connecticut State Licensure-Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP).

Desired

  • Bachelor Level Degree. Completion of Pulmonary Rehab Certificate Course sponsored by the AARC. Maintain Registered Respiratory Therapist credential by NBRC. Maintain RCP CT state licensure.
  • Working
  • Conditions:
  • Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
  • Occupational:
  • Some occupational risk
  • Physical
  • Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force
  • Physical
  • Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Salary Range

$33.21 - $61.68 Hourly

Requirements

Requires an Associate degree, NBRC Registered Respiratory Therapist credential, BLS certification, and Connecticut State Licensure as a Respiratory Care Practitioner. A Bachelor's degree and a Pulmonary Rehab Certificate Course are desired.

  • associate degree
  • bachelor degree
  • professional certificate
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Patient Education
  • BLS
  • Respiratory Care
  • Patient Evaluation
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Spirometry
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Nebulizer Therapy
  • Asthma Education
  • Smoking Cessation Counseling
  • Arterial Blood Draws

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
2-5 yrs
Salary
$33 - $62/hr
Location
Norwalk, Connecticut
Posted
Jun 29, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Hiring organization

Norwalk Hospital Association

Norwalk Hospital is a 328-bed, not-for-profit, acute care community teaching hospital that serves a population of 250,000 in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Hospital has over 500 physicians on its active medical staff, many of whom trained at the nation’s leading...

Salary listed on 26 jobs
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size1,001-5,000 employees
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