Corporate Respiratory Therapist
Regency Integrated Health Services is a Texas-based healthcare management company dedicated to supporting the delivery of high-quality care across a growing network of skilled nursing and healthcare services. Regency provides operational, clinical, human resources, recruiting, financial, and other administrative support to Wellsential Health, a purpose-driven nonprofit healthcare organization serving communities across Texas.
Wellsential Health is committed to making wellness accessible for all Texans. Through skilled nursing, therapy and rehabilitation services, and specialized memory care, Wellsential helps residents live with dignity, comfort, and purpose. As a nonprofit organization, Wellsential reinvests in its people, residents, and communities—not shareholders.
The Corporate Respiratory Therapist serves as a respiratory care subject-matter expert and consultant for skilled nursing locations throughout Texas. Working in partnership with Corporate Clinical leadership, Regional Clinical Specialists, facility leadership, nursing teams, and other interdisciplinary partners, the Corporate Respiratory Therapist identifies opportunities to strengthen respiratory care practices and supports the implementation of evidence-based standards across the organization.
Clinical Consultation & Support
- Serve as a clinical respiratory care resource and subject-matter expert for facility and regional leadership.
- Provide consultation regarding complex respiratory care needs, including oxygen therapy, breathing treatments, CPAP/BiPAP, tracheostomy care, airway management, pulmonary hygiene, and other respiratory services.
- Conduct on-site assessments and provide recommendations to support safe, effective, and consistent respiratory care practices.
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing leadership, Regional Clinical Specialists, Respiratory Therapists, therapy teams, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Provide guidance regarding changes in resident condition, respiratory interventions, equipment needs, and appropriate escalation of care.
- Support facilities with respiratory-related clinical challenges and help identify practical solutions that promote resident safety and quality outcomes.
Serve as a resource during significant changes in respiratory status, transitions of care, and other situations requiring specialized respiratory expertise.
Education & Staff Development
- Develop and provide respiratory care education for facility clinical teams based on identified needs, clinical trends, regulatory requirements, and organizational priorities.
- Participate in regional meetings and deliver education on respiratory care practices, clinical best practices, equipment, resident safety, and other relevant topics.
- Assist with the development and implementation of respiratory care training materials, competencies, skill checks, and educational resources.
- Provide education related to tracheostomy care, oxygen therapy, CPAP/BiPAP, respiratory treatments, pulmonary hygiene, infection prevention, equipment safety, and other respiratory care topics.
Support orientation, onboarding, annual competencies, and ongoing professional development for Respiratory Therapists and applicable clinical team members.
Quality & Clinical Practice
- Collaborate with Corporate Clinical leadership to identify opportunities for respiratory care improvement.
- Review respiratory-related practices, trends, and outcomes and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Support facilities in addressing respiratory-related quality concerns, survey findings, or identified opportunities for improvement.
- Promote appropriate documentation, communication, infection prevention, equipment utilization, and resident safety practices related to respiratory care.
- Participate in organization-wide clinical initiatives and quality improvement projects involving respiratory care.
Travel & On-Site Support
- Travel throughout the company's service area, which includes more than 70 skilled nursing locations across Texas, based on organizational priorities and facility needs.
- Provide on-site consultation, education, clinical support, and assessment at facilities as needed.
- Travel frequency may vary based on facility needs, clinical initiatives, educational programs, quality improvement priorities, and other organizational projects.
- Maintain flexibility to respond to emerging respiratory care needs across the organization.
- Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy program.
- Active Texas Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license/certificate in good standing required.
- Current NBRC credential required; Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) required.
- Minimum of 5 years of respiratory therapy experience required; experience in skilled nursing, transitional care, long-term care, pulmonary care, or another post-acute setting preferred.
- Strong clinical knowledge of respiratory care, including oxygen therapy, pulmonary assessments, CPAP/BiPAP, tracheostomy care, airway management, and respiratory treatments.
- Experience providing clinical education, staff development, quality improvement, or clinical consultation preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clinical information effectively to individuals with varying levels of clinical experience.
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, organization, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with facility, regional, and corporate leadership.
- Ability to influence and support clinical practice through education, collaboration, and relationship-building.
- Comfortable presenting information and providing education in both small-group and regional meeting settings.
- Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout Texas.