Respiratory Care Assistant
Last updated: July 14, 2025
UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP
18153 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP/LT)
22527 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP/LT)
18965 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp/Anesth/END)
23712 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp/Anesth/END)
CLASS SERIES CONCEPT
Maintain equipment and provide treatment, diagnostic testing, rehabilitation and care of patients with deficiencies or abnormalities which affect the cardiopulmonary system.
BASIC FUNCTION
Maintain, clean, deliver, and change respiratory therapy equipment; initiate patient charges.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
Under direct supervision, maintain respiratory therapy equipment and supplies; process charges.
TYPICAL WORK
Maintain, clean, sterilize, transport, and distribute all respiratory and resuscitation equipment;
Assemble, test and make patient-ready respiratory equipment;
Order and stock respiratory supplies;
Change patient’s respiratory equipment per department schedule;
Respond to pages and codes throughout the hospital;
Inspect cardiac arrest resuscitation equipment and exchange crash carts as needed;
Stock and change compressed gas cylinders;
Initiate charges for respiratory therapy procedures and equipment;
Assist the respiratory therapist with patient transports;
Perform related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
High school graduation.
Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.
CLASSIFICATION HISTORY
- 12/14/1973: New Class
- 12/04/1992: Revise Class/Title
- 06/01/2005: CSR Class Conversion
- 07/01/2025: Remove WFSE HMC job codes and add SEIU 1199NW job codes. PERC decision 14123 – PSRA, changing the bargaining unit from WFSE to SEIU 1199NW.