Description:

Position Summary: The Respiratory Therapist (RT) collaborates with our clinical team on developing, facilitating, training, and educating patients with chronic respiratory disease using virtual/remote technology. This position plays a key role in our Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation program. The Respiratory Therapist will assist in ongoing program improvement efforts, including making recommendations on new processes, tools, and techniques. The Respiratory Therapist will also assist in the development of clinical and non-clinical staff by providing education and conducting ongoing training programs.

This is a full-time position that requires working hours availabilty Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 am Pacific time.

The pay scale for this position depends on the candidate’s level of certification. The pay scale for Certified Respiratory Therapists (CRTs) is $30-$35/hour and the pay scale for Registered Respiratory Therapists is $34-$42/hour.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver Pulmonary Rehabilitation sessions virtually from our San Luis Obispo facility
• Provide patients with education and exercise programs
• Collaborate with the team to develop patient teaching materials and protocols to further develop and enhance our Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation program
• Assess patient health before, during, and after program
• Documents clear and concise notes in the medical record
• Maintains strong and current knowledge of pulmonary rehabilitation information via lectures, seminars, independent reading, etc.
• Complies with all company policies, federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements, as applicable
• Other duties as assigned by Leadership

Requirements:

Education required:

• Completion of an accredited Respiratory Therapy program
• Associate's Level Degree
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC); Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential preferred.
• Current RCP license in the state of California
• Strong knowledge of pulmonary rehabilitation is a plus

Experience required: 1 year working as a licensed Respiratory Therapist

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Knowledge of chronic respiratory conditions (i.e., COPD, Asthma)
• Experience with respiratory and exercise equipment
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to use video conferencing platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
• Detail-oriented, organized, and self-motivated, with the ability to learn quickly
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving patient and client experience & outcomes.
• Experience with Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the outpatient and/or virtual setting is a plus

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• Company-matched 401(K) plan
• Paid Time Off
• Hours are regular business hours, Monday - Friday. No nights and weekends!

About Conversio Health:

Conversio Health is an innovative chronic condition management company that serves as a key link between the patient, the physician, and the health plan. It has developed a completely new approach for chronic respiratory condition management that combines proprietary technologies, customized medication therapies, with a multidisciplinary care team to deliver improved clinical and financial outcomes, and higher patient satisfaction. Its unique, high touch pharmacy model provides home delivery services, personalized patient education and support, and disease progression and medication effectiveness monitoring to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations before they occur. Conversio enables a higher level of care coordination across the care continuum and has a proven track record of lowering its health plan partners’ drug cost and improving clinical outcomes for thousands of patients with COPD and Asthma across the United States.

Conversio Health was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions:

Ability to sit, talk and hear consistently. Ability to stand, walk, and use hands to handle or reach occasionally. Ability to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.