Respiratory Therapist I
San Luis Obispo, CAJob$49.17–60.55/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Respiratory Therapist I provides respiratory care, treatment, and rehabilitation to patients with pulmonary disorders, including patients of all ages. The role involves assessing patient needs, developing and executing care plans, and delivering therapies such as nebulizer treatments, ventilator management, and oxygen therapy. The practitioner works with physicians and other healthcare team members and responds to routine and emergency situations.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Respiratory Therapist, you will join an established team of RTs who share your passion for delivering highly specialized cardiopulmonary care to patients experiencing breathing issues. You'll be instrumental in providing a range of treatments from breathing techniques and nebulizer treatments to ventilator management, oxygen therapies, and external ventilation support.
Every day you will apply your keen assessment skills and critical thinking to manage diverse patient needs, develop and execute effective care plans, and ensure calm, focused intervention in both routine and emergent situations.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong sense of urgency, unwavering calm under pressure, and the ability to anticipate outcomes. Your dedication to patient well-being and exceptional problem-solving abilities will drive success in this vital role.
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In keeping with French Hospital Medical Center's health care philosophy, the Respiratory Care Practitioner provides care, treatment and rehabilitation to patients with pulmonary disorders by means of respiratory therapy.
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Respiratory Care Practitioners have knowledge of pharmacy, anatomy, and physiology and make judgments in consultation with a physician and other members of the health care team with regard to the respiratory care that patients receive.
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Provides respiratory care to patients of all ages.
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Demonstrates proficient technical skills in the performance of respiratory therapies.
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Demonstrates a working knowledge of current trends in respiratory therapies; specialty technical standards, equipment supplies; safety principles and practices. Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
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Establishes effective working relationships with other departments, medical staff, and co-workers
Job Requirements
Required
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Experience managing trauma and emergency situations
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Individuals with lessthan one-year experience will beconsidered on an individual basis
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Associates Degree
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California Respiratory Care Practitioner, upon hire and
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American Heart Association certifications within 6 months
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BLS-CPR
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ACLS
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PALS
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 6 - months
Preferred
- One-year experience in an acute care hospital
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1946, Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in San Luis Obispo, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a family birthing center. Additionally, French Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has achieved an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012.
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Pay Range
$49.17 - $60.55 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,121 open Respiratory Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$49.17–60.55/hr
- California median$48–60/hr70 hourly ranges
- US median$34–47/hr1,745 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $54.86/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($55/hr) — in the middle half of Respiratory Therapist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 94 open Respiratory Therapist jobs in California and 4,121 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Dignity Health (this employer)15 open
- Sutter Health14 open
- Health Advocates Network10 open
- Experience
- Respiratory Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,259 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 1,501 of the 4,121 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (36%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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