{"id":4689,"date":"2024-02-15T15:36:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T23:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=4689"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T22:24:46","slug":"respiratory-care-practitioner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/classified-staff\/respiratory-care-practitioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Care Practitioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"table table-striped table-sm\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Representative group<\/th>\n<th>Job codes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SEIU LOCAL 925 HEALTHCARE PROF\/LAB TECH<\/td>\n<td>18155 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<br \/>\n22528 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SEIU 1199NW HMC RESP\/ANESTH\/END<\/td>\n<td>18957 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp\/Anesth\/END)<br \/>\n23207 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp\/Anesth\/END)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provide advanced respiratory therapy to patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under general supervision, perform advanced respiratory care procedures in intensive care units, general care areas, clinics and emergency services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provide advanced respiratory care as delineated in the department procedure manuals and as ordered by the physician;<\/p>\n<p>Consult with physicians and nurses regarding the effectiveness of the respiratory care provided to the patients;<\/p>\n<p>Provide instruction in respiratory care procedures and equipment to patients, families and staff;<\/p>\n<p>Document clinical activities in patient charts;<\/p>\n<p>May be responsible for instruction of respiratory care students; assist with the orientation of new staff and the continuing education of current staff;<\/p>\n<p>May perform the work of a Respiratory Care Associate;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Completion of a respiratory care program approved by the State of Washington Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGAL REQUIREMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Licensed as a Respiratory Care Practitioner (Registered Respiratory Therapist) by the State of Washington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0CLASS SPECIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01\/03\/1973: New Class<br \/>\n12\/14\/1973: Revise Title &amp; Class<br \/>\n10\/15\/1976: Revise Class<br \/>\n12\/04\/1992: Revise Class\/Title<br \/>\n07\/09\/1999: Revise MQ<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<br \/>\n02\/12\/2024: Add SEIU 1199NW UWMC-NW job code<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP Representative group Job codes SEIU LOCAL 925 HEALTHCARE PROF\/LAB TECH 18155 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) 22528 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) SEIU 1199NW [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4689","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4689"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9577,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4689\/revisions\/9577"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}