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Leadership
Experienced respiratory professionals who bring clinical judgment, accountability, mentorship, and leadership to the bedside and department.
Respiratory workforce & clinical solutions
Stronger respiratory care starts with the right people.
LUNG Collaborative helps healthcare organizations expand their per-diem respiratory reach with experienced, high-functioning clinicians—bringing deeper clinical capability to facilities and communities that are understaffed, underserved, or difficult to recruit for.
Quality providers Expanded per-diem reach Respiratory knows respiratory
The LUNG approach
Four pillars. One purpose.
We don't simply fill respiratory positions. We strengthen respiratory care—because respiratory knows respiratory. Our decisions are guided by the clinical realities of the profession, through Leadership, Utilization, Needs, and Growth.
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Utilization
Helping organizations use respiratory resources effectively while reducing coverage gaps, workforce pressure, and operational strain.
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Needs
Listening first and building solutions around each organization's real clinical, operational, and workforce requirements.
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Growth
Leaving respiratory care stronger through sustainable capacity, clinician development, education, and thoughtful service expansion.
A simpler bedside staffing model
One Rate. Every Shift.
A staffing crisis should not become an excuse to raise the price. Our regular bedside coverage model is built around predictable facility pricing—without premiums simply because a shift is inconvenient to fill.
Predictability matters.
No urgency markup for regular bedside coverage.
Hospitals should be able to forecast supplemental respiratory labor without wondering whether tonight, Sunday, Christmas, a rural assignment, or a last-minute vacancy will trigger a different regular rate.
Simple by design: one regular bedside rate across shifts, with actual overtime handled separately under the facility agreement.
For healthcare organizations
Support that can flex with the problem you're actually trying to solve.
Sometimes the need is tonight's open shift. Sometimes the bigger challenge is reaching qualified clinicians beyond the hospital's usual per-diem pool. LUNG Collaborative is built to extend that reach—bringing experienced respiratory professionals into understaffed, underserved, rural, and hard-to-recruit environments while also supporting longer-term workforce, leadership, education, and operational needs.
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Per-Diem Bedside Coverage
Expand beyond your existing per-diem pool with access to experienced respiratory therapists who can support individual shifts, recurring gaps, and ongoing coverage needs without traditional traveler-block rigidity.
Broader reach • Quality clinicians • Predictable pricing
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Short-Term & Extended Coverage
Planned support for vacancies, leaves, seasonal volume, recruitment gaps, service expansion, and other defined workforce needs.
Schedules agreed upon in advance
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Interim Respiratory Leadership
Experienced respiratory leadership during vacancies, transitions, restructuring, growth, or periods requiring additional operational direction.
Operational + clinical leadership
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Clinical Consulting
Respiratory-specific support for staffing models, utilization, workflow, quality, policy, service development, and departmental performance.
Project or advisory support
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Education & Competency
Clinical education, onboarding support, competency development, skills validation, mentoring, and professional development for respiratory teams.
Built around local needs
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Customized Department Support
A blended solution when the challenge crosses staffing, leadership, education, operations, and workforce development rather than fitting neatly into one category.
One respiratory-focused partner
Respiratory knows respiratory
The difference is understanding who can truly function in the environment you're staffing.
Respiratory therapy is not one line on a generalized staffing menu. It is our entire focus. We understand the difference between a clinician who simply holds the credentials and one who can independently assess, prioritize, communicate, participate in rounds, manage complex therapies, and become a trusted extension of the department.
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Quality before quantity
We recruit for judgment, adaptability, communication, independence, and clinical maturity—not simply an available license.
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Experience where it matters most
Understaffed and underserved facilities often need clinicians who can arrive ready to contribute with less hand-holding and greater clinical confidence.
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Expanding your recruiting reach
We help facilities reach beyond their usual local pool while building repeat relationships with clinicians who understand the site and want to return.
More than filling a vacancy
Bring more experience to the places that need it most.
Critical-access, rural, underserved, and chronically understaffed facilities do not need a lower clinical standard. In many cases, they need the opposite: seasoned respiratory therapists who can work independently, collaborate with physicians and nurses, adapt quickly, and bring confidence to high-stakes situations.
Expand your per-diem outreachReach clinicians beyond the hospital's existing local pool.
Strengthen hard-to-fill coverageSupport rural, remote, and underserved locations without treating them as second-tier assignments.
Build continuityCreate repeat relationships with clinicians facilities know, trust, and request back.
For respiratory clinicians
If you bring more to the bedside, your compensation should reflect it.
LUNG Collaborative is being built for experienced, high-functioning respiratory therapists who can step into unfamiliar environments, think independently, work well with teams, and represent the profession at a high level.
PremiumClinician Payfor experience, reliability & performance
Premium compensation
Our compensation model is intentionally designed to pay experienced respiratory therapists well—not to maximize agency margin by pushing clinician pay down.
Loyalty should matter
Commitment is valuable. We believe clinicians who consistently work with LUNG Collaborative and help build strong facility relationships should be rewarded for that loyalty.
Professional standards matter
Reliability, adaptability, clinical judgment, communication, and professionalism are not extras. They are part of what makes a supplemental clinician worth a premium.
Flexibility without being disposable
Per-diem work should offer flexibility while still feeling like part of a professional organization. We want clinicians who choose to stay, grow, and become trusted at the sites they serve.
A different employment philosophy
We want to reward the clinicians facilities ask to have back.
High-performing supplemental clinicians create real value: they reduce onboarding friction, strengthen trust, stabilize coverage, and become productive members of a department quickly. Our model is built to recognize that through premium compensation and recurring loyalty rewards rather than treating every worked hour as interchangeable.
Our clinician standard
Experienced by design.
Baseline recruiting emphasizes the credentials and clinical maturity needed for independent respiratory practice. Facility-specific requirements may be added based on the assignment.
RRT credentialRRT or relevant advanced specialty credentials.
State licensureActive licensure appropriate to the assignment.
ACLSCurrent advanced cardiac life support certification.
PALSCurrent pediatric advanced life support certification.
NRPCurrent neonatal resuscitation preparation when required.
Clinical experienceTypically at least one year of relevant respiratory experience.
“We don't simply fill respiratory positions. We strengthen respiratory care.”
Questions
Frequently asked.
Potential services include per-diem bedside coverage, short-term or extended staffing support, interim respiratory leadership, clinical consulting, education, competency development, and customized departmental support.
For regular bedside clinician coverage, our pricing philosophy is intentionally predictable. The regular facility rate does not increase simply because the shift is a night, weekend, holiday, rural assignment, short-notice need, or otherwise difficult to fill. Actual overtime is handled separately under the facility agreement.
We recruit for experience, clinical maturity, reliability, adaptability, and professionalism—and we pair those expectations with premium compensation and a model that rewards continued commitment and loyalty.
No. LUNG Collaborative is New Hampshire based and built to serve healthcare organizations across Northern New England, with expansion based on facility need and clinician availability.
Contact LUNG Collaborative directly. We begin with a conversation about the facility's coverage or service needs, or the clinician's background, availability, and professional goals.
Let's talk
Start with the respiratory need in front of you.
Whether you need bedside coverage, leadership support, consulting, education, or you are an experienced respiratory therapist interested in joining LUNG Collaborative, start the conversation here.
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Service area
New Hampshire based • Northern New England
New Hampshire based • Northern New England