Job Description

Hilo Medical Center | Hilo, Hawaii | Respiratory Therapist III | 36 hours per week with Benefits

ANNUAL SALARY: $72,000 per year, SR-20; BU:13 (90% of $80,000), Step L with a monthly shortage of $217.50; Relocation assistance available

The work week is 36 hours. Three 12-hour shifts: day shift is 6:30am-7:00pm, night shift is 6:30pm-7:00am

Hilo Medical Center is a 5-star hospital licensed for 157 beds in acute care and 35 beds for long-term care.

BENEFITS:

• 13 paid holidays each year (14 during election years)
• 21 paid vacation days per year
• 21 paid sick days per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans

Hilo is located on the east side of the island of Hawaii, and has a quaint, old-Hawaii, small town atmosphere. Our island offers amazing rainforests, waterfalls and beaches. The hospital staff is community-oriented and strive to provide competent and compassionate care to every patient that enters our doors. It is home to the Hawaii Community College, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, excellent schools and convenient shopping.

As the Big Island\'s leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care, Hilo Medical Center delivers a full range of services and programs on our 20-acre campus. The hospital is a Level III Trauma center which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care to more than 46,000 patients annually.

Position Focus: Under general supervision, the Respiratory Therapist III performs diagnostic assessments and prepares treatment plans in providing complex respiratory therapy services. May provide all respiratory therapy services for a unit, center or facility, and perform other related duties as assigned.

Education Requirement: Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree in respiratory therapy from a school of respiratory therapy approved at the time of graduation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

Experience Requirement: One (1) year of Respiratory Therapy experience.

Respiratory Therapy Experience: Professional experience as a Respiratory Therapist under medical supervision. The experience must have equipped the applicant with a full professional understanding of the evaluation, test, and treatment of respiratory therapy problems and the ability to develop and modify individual patient care plans.

Substitutions Allowed: An associate degree in respiratory therapy from a program approved at the time of graduation by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and two (2) years of professional experience as a Respiratory Therapist under medical supervision may substitute for a baccalaureate degree in respiratory therapy.

Excess work experience as described under the Experience Requirement which provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree in Respiratory Therapy may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

License Required: A valid license with the State of Hawaii as a Respiratory Therapist at the time of appointment.

Certification Required: Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider (adult, child and infant) must be obtained within (6) months of employment. Current Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider (adult, child and infant) is preferred. Please submit copy of certification with the application

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.

MEDICAL/PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT: Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment physical examination, which includes drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for physical examinations, except the cost for drug screening, shall be borne by the applicant and not the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT: COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for Hawaii Health Systems Corporation in accordance with our policy.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT: As part of our recruitment process for this position, we require candidates to take a series of pre-employment assessments after they have submitted their applications. Please look for an email confirmation containing instructions for the pre-assessment.

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