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title: Respiratory Therapist Application Form Template | Paperform
description: Professional respiratory therapist application form with license upload, specialty preferences, ventilator proficiency, ABG interpretation, and clinical competency assessment. Streamline RT hiring.
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generatedAt: "2026-03-28T00:45:03.279Z"
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### Streamline Your Respiratory Therapist Hiring with Paperform

Finding the right respiratory therapist for your healthcare facility requires gathering detailed clinical credentials, certifications, and specialty competencies—all while providing a professional candidate experience. This **Respiratory Therapist Application Form** template is designed specifically for hospitals, medical centers, respiratory care departments, and healthcare staffing agencies who need to efficiently screen and evaluate RT candidates.

#### Why Healthcare Hiring Needs Better Forms

Traditional paper applications and generic job forms don't capture the nuanced clinical skills that separate an adequate respiratory therapist from an exceptional one. Can your candidate interpret arterial blood gases? Do they have neonatal ventilator experience? Are they comfortable responding to code situations? These specialized competencies matter, and this template helps you collect them systematically.

Built on Paperform, this template gives healthcare HR teams and department managers a complete solution for respiratory therapist recruitment—from initial application through credential verification and skills assessment, all in one streamlined form.

#### What Makes This Template Essential for Healthcare Hiring

This respiratory therapist application form goes beyond basic contact information and work history. It's purpose-built to assess:

 - **State licensure and credentials** with direct file upload for verification
 - **Patient population preferences** (neonatal, pediatric, adult, geriatric)
 - **Clinical competencies** including ventilator management, arterial blood gas interpretation, and code response
 - **Specialty certifications** like NPS, ACCS, or RPFT
 - **Shift availability and scheduling** preferences
 - **Equipment proficiency** across various ventilator platforms and respiratory devices

The conditional logic ensures you only ask relevant follow-up questions based on their experience level, keeping the application efficient for both new graduates and seasoned professionals.

#### Perfect for Healthcare Organizations

Whether you're a **hospital respiratory care director**, **medical center HR coordinator**, **healthcare staffing agency**, or **pulmonary department manager**, this template helps you:

 - **Standardize your screening process** so every candidate provides the same essential information
 - **Verify credentials upfront** with license uploads and certification numbers
 - **Identify specialty matches** for your specific unit needs (ICU, NICU, ER, etc.)
 - **Assess technical proficiency** in critical equipment and procedures
 - **Save time** by eliminating incomplete applications and back-and-forth emails

#### Customize to Your Facility's Needs

Every healthcare organization has different requirements. With Paperform's intuitive editor, you can easily:

 - Add facility-specific questions about your ventilator platforms (Dräger, Hamilton, Servo-i, etc.)
 - Include questions about your patient population or unit specialties
 - Integrate with your applicant tracking system via Stepper workflows
 - Collect additional documents like BLS/ACLS cards, immunization records, or references
 - Apply your hospital or agency branding for a professional candidate experience

#### Automate Your Healthcare Hiring Workflow

Once a respiratory therapist submits their application, you can use **Stepper** (stepper.io) to automatically:

 - Send applications to the respiratory care director and HR for review
 - Create candidate records in your applicant tracking system
 - Trigger credential verification requests based on provided license numbers
 - Schedule interviews for qualified candidates who meet your must-have criteria
 - Send status updates to applicants at each stage of the hiring process

This automation means your team spends less time on manual data entry and more time interviewing the best candidates.

#### HIPAA-Conscious Application Collection

While Paperform is not a HIPAA-compliant solution, this application form is designed to collect employment and credential information—not protected health information. For healthcare hiring, this template provides the professional structure and security features (including SOC 2 Type II compliance) that healthcare organizations expect when collecting applicant data.

#### Mobile-Friendly for Today's Job Seekers

Healthcare professionals often search for positions during breaks or between shifts. This template is fully responsive, ensuring respiratory therapists can complete your application from their phone, tablet, or desktop—making it easy for qualified candidates to apply quickly.

#### Start Hiring Better Respiratory Therapists Today

Stop sorting through incomplete email applications and mismatched resumes. This Respiratory Therapist Application Form gives you a standardized, professional hiring process that helps you identify the right clinical talent faster. With over 500,000 teams trusting Paperform for their essential workflows, you're in good company.

Customize this template in minutes, connect it to your existing hiring tools with Stepper, and start receiving complete, qualified respiratory therapist applications that make better hiring decisions easier.

**Related resources:** Explore Stepper for automated applicant tracking workflows, or check out our other healthcare hiring templates including Registered Nurse Applications, Medical Assistant Applications, and Allied Health Professional Applications.
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