{"id":4519,"date":"2024-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=4519"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:00:02","slug":"respiratory-care-associate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/respiratory-care-associate\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Care Associate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18956 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp\/Anesth\/END)<br \/>\n23205 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp\/Anesth\/END)<\/p>\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 direct supervision, receive orientation and training in patient care procedures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provide therapy as ordered by the physicians, such as chest physiotherapy, hyper-inflation, nebulization, oxygen therapy, monitoring of continuous artificial ventilation;<\/p>\n<p>Deliver, setup, and maintain respiratory equipment on patients and give instructions on its proper use;<\/p>\n<p>Initiate cardio-pulmonary resuscitation techniques;<\/p>\n<p>Perform the work of Respiratory Assistant;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Completion of an accredited respiratory care therapy 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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obtain licensure as a Respiratory Care Practitioner by the State of Washington by passing the first available examination for licensure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12\/14\/1973: New Class<br \/>\n10\/15\/1976: Revise Class<br \/>\n10\/20\/1986: Abolish Class<br \/>\n04\/18\/1988: Reinstate\/Revise Class<br \/>\n12\/04\/1992: Revise Class\/Title<br \/>\n07\/09\/1999: Revise MQ<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18956 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp\/Anesth\/END) 23205 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC Resp\/Anesth\/END) BASIC FUNCTION Provide advanced respiratory therapy to patients. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Under direct supervision, receive orientation and training in patient care procedures. TYPICAL WORK Provide therapy as ordered by the physicians, such as chest physiotherapy, hyper-inflation, nebulization, oxygen therapy, monitoring of continuous artificial ventilation; Deliver, setup, and maintain respiratory equipment on patients and give instructions on its proper use; Initiate cardio-pulmonary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11413,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4519\/revisions\/11413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}