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LEAD RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, Full-Time

Northern Nevada Health System
Reno, NV Full Time
POSTED ON 8/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/19/2026
Responsibilities

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more. Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

What We At Sierra Medical Center Value

  • Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
  • Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
  • Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
  • Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
  • Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
  • Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
  • Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
  • Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care

Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

Job summary:Under the supervision of the Respiratory Therapy Manager, The Lead Respiratory Therapist will be trained in all technical aspects of respiratory care and will exhibit those skills and deliver modalities of respiratory therapy, emergent and intensive respiratory care, and diagnostic procedures. The Lead RT will assist with daily clinical operation, coordinates and supervises clinical and technical services provided and provides direct patient care consistent with the caseload and schedule demands.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

  • Supervises, performs and/or act as the resource person for all diagnostic procedures and Respiratory Therapy procedures as outlined in respiratory therapist job description
  • Acts as a resource person and adviser for all other units where Respiratory Therapists are employed or where respiratory therapy procedures are performed by other competent, cross-trained caregivers.
  • Communicates to the department manager any suggestions, information and/or problems associated with the administrative, clinical and/or technical management of departmental operations
  • Monitors staff performance. Lends assistance as needed and ensure proper recording of services performed and generate charges appropriately

Benefits For Full And Part Time Employees

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

If you would like to learn more about the position before applying, please contact Michelle Lopez-Reyes, Recruiter @ michelle.lopezreyes@uhsinc.com.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Qualifications

    • Current State Respiratory Therapist Licensure.
    • Graduate of an AMA-approved School of Respiratory Therapy.
    • Required experience in a level 3 NICU or greater >2 years
    • Preferred experience in neonatal transport
    • 5 years of verifiable experience
    • BLS and ACLS certification.
    • PALS, NRP, Blood Gas Technologist certified within 90 days.
    • NICU experaince, 2 years or more preferred
EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS

and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

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