Respiratory Therapist II
Long Beach, CAJob$49.3–60.7/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Job overview
The Respiratory Therapist provides respiratory care to patients with acute and chronic cardiopulmonary conditions across clinical settings. The role assesses respiratory function, administers treatments, educates patients and families, responds to emergencies, collaborates with physicians and nurses, and performs diagnostic procedures. The position requires one year of current critical care experience and specified respiratory care credentials; two years of critical care experience and Registered Respiratory Therapist status are preferred.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Respiratory Therapist, you will be a vital member of our healthcare team, providing life-sustaining and life-enhancing respiratory care to patients with acute and chronic cardiopulmonary conditions across various clinical settings.
Every day you will assess patient respiratory function, administer therapeutic treatments such as oxygen therapy, nebulizer treatments, and mechanical ventilation, and educate patients and families on respiratory health. You will be expected to rapidly respond to emergencies, collaborate with physicians and nurses, perform diagnostic procedures, and ensure optimal respiratory outcomes for our diverse patient population.
To be successful in this role, you must possess advanced clinical competency in respiratory care, critical thinking skills for dynamic patient needs, and an unwavering commitment to patient safety and evidence-based practice.
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Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data as it pertains to the treatments administered.
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Delivers age appropriate care with regards to: - Fluid and electrolytes. Assesses fluid balance in relation to providing respiratory care - Pain identification and recognizing need for pain control and intervention in order to provide treatments as ordered. - Psychosocial: Recognized age appropriate behavior for pain, separation, change in environment in relation to providing respiratory care - Growth and development: Identifies age related developmental characteristics cardiac and respiratory systems as they relate to providing respiratory care - Family/significant other involvement: Recognizes the patient's needs for family/significant other for involvement as they relate to providing respiratory care.
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Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to the delivery of respiratory care
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Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve removal of broncho-pulmonary secretions and administers prescribed pharmacological agents in accordance with respiratory policies and procedures and physician orders. -
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Performs postural drainage and percussion as set by policy and procedure. - Performs all bronchodilator therapy via HHN, IPPB as per policy and procedure.
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Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve adequate artificial and spontaneous ventilation consistent with respiratory policies and procedures and physician orders.
Job Requirements
Required
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High School Graduate and/or GED
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One (1) year of current critical care experience
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Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA
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Basic Life Support - CPR
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support
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Certified Respiratory Therapist
Preferred
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Two (2) years current critical careexperience
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Registered Respiratory Therapist
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics. Additionally, St. Mary 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 received a Healthgrades 5-Star Award for Heart Failure in 2026. One Community. One Mission. One California (https://youtu.be/RrPuiSnALJY?si=pvQgPZ6ZWZM60TPV)
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 at least 1 year of experience; Respiratory Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,256 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,890 of the 4,125 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (46%) ask for a high school diploma 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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