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Lead Registered Respiratory Therapist

Department of Veterans Affairs - San Antonio, Texas

Posted Jun 5, 2026

Benefits

Parental leave
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Non-birth-parent leave
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Mental health support
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Salary
$91K-$118K From the posting source
401(k) match
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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
$81,444 U.S. median for this role
Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
+6.9% - Faster than average

28% above the BLS role benchmark for healthcare aggregate.

Matched to SOC 29-1141 - Healthcare aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function
Healthcare From the posting source
Seniority
Senior From the posting source

Schedule

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Weekend work
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Application

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Deadline
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Where they hire

Hires in: TX From the posting source

About this role

Lead Registered Respiratory Therapist San Antonio, Texas Summary The Lead Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) position serves as a member of the Inpatient Respiratory Therapy Section within Specialty Care Service and is located at the Audie L. Murphy VAMC, in San Antonio, Texas. The Respiratory Therapy Section is responsible for providing the full range of clinical procedures related to respiratory therapy. Duties Services are rendered in collaboration with the ordering provider, either by specific orders, policy, or established protocol. These functions and responsibilities are supported by education and administrative oversight. Periodically, specific functions may change. The primary services include, but are not limited to: -Make recommendations in the absence of the Chief or Assistant Chief and will have full responsibility to modify the workload to accomplish the assigned duties. -Responsible for selecting and adapting equipment and techniques to individual patients to comply with the physician's instructions. -Works independently and is expected to resolve staffing problems using appropriate guidelines for staffing. -Reviews work performed on the units by conducting daily rounds to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures and to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with physician's instructions. -Monitor Leave and Attendance for assigned team, taking special note of excessive leave and/or tardiness of team members and will report these to supervisor for review. -Ensure work is distributed among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization.-Prepare work assignments for oncoming shift. -Collect, review, and evaluate relevant clinical data from the medical records, care team, patient, and patient's family to

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