Respiratory Therapist II
Oxnard, CAJob$49.3–60.7/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Respiratory Therapist provides direct patient care for patients with respiratory disorders, assessing their status and managing treatment. The role implements oxygen, ventilation, and airway-management plans, educates patients and families, documents interventions, and collaborates with physicians and medical staff. The therapist also participates in department development and review activities and pursues continued training as medical technology and treatment change.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Respiratory Therapist, you will provide essential direct patient care, assessing, treating, and managing patients with respiratory disorders. Your role is vital for improving patient outcomes.
Every day you will assess respiratory status, implement treatment plans (oxygen, ventilation, airway management), and educate patients/families. You'll document interventions and collaborate with physicians and medical staff.
To be successful, you will demonstrate strong clinical skills, critical thinking, and equipment proficiency. Excellent communication for patient interaction and interdisciplinary collaboration, plus a commitment to safety and continuous development, are essential.
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Attends 80% of staff development meetings on a yearly basis.
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Actively participates in department committees task forces.
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Completes all mandatory core competency checklists and certifications.
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Assumes responsibility and accountability for pursuing continued training/education in response to personal assessment and ever changing medical technology and treatment.
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Evaluates own performance and seeks validation resulting in positive change. Provides feedback to peers in a formal and informal review process as a team member expectation.
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Assists in review and revision of policies, procedures and competencies.
Job Requirements
Required
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Greater than six (6) months experience in respiratory therapy.
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Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA, upon hire and
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Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1912, Dignity Health - St. John’s Regional Medical Center is a 265-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Oxnard, California. Serving over 85,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including emergency, heart, orthopedic, and cancer care. Additionally, St. John’s Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and was named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
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Pay Range
$49.30 - $60.70 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,125 open Respiratory Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$49.3–60.7/hr
- California median$45–60/hr73 hourly ranges
- US median$34–47/hr1,754 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $55/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($54/hr) — in the middle half of Respiratory Therapist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 95 open Respiratory Therapist jobs in California and 4,125 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health14 open
- Dignity Health (this employer)13 open
- Health Advocates Network10 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Respiratory Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 1,256 postings).
- Education
- 104 of the 4,125 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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