Respiratory Care Practitioner

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Respiratory Care Practitioner, you will competently provide essential respiratory care for neonate, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. Your expertise is vital for critical respiratory interventions and patient well-being.Every day you will perform arterial punctures, continuous ventilation, airway maintenance, emergency care, infection control, isolation procedures, mechanical ventilator operation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and medical gas administration.To be successful, you will possess advanced clinical skills in all aspects of respiratory care across age groups, meticulous attention to detail, a strong commitment to patient safety and infection control, and the ability to perform effectively in emergencies.

• Analyzes blood specimens for pH, pCO2, pO2 and THb with no more than 5 errors per year. Demonstrates competence in recognizing and reporting critical values in the pediatric, adult and geriatric patient.
• Performs bronchoscopies and maintains records per procedure with a high degree of accuracy as demonstrated by < 5% error
• Performs PFT exams accurately with < 10 errors per year as demonstrated by reporting erroneous data or having to recall patients to correct test data
• Performs QC tests on blood gas analyzers, performs and maintains department QC and quality metrics such as daily crash cart checks and bronchoscope cleaning audits.< 5% per year per audit
• Performs other procedures such as indirect calorimetry, HAST, ambulations and any other procedures requested with <5% errors per year, as demonstrated by reporting physiologically erroneous data1.6 Evaluates Blood Gas results for completeness and footnoting of critical values. Notifies therapists of their deficiencies
• Maintains accurate records and billing in the electronic health record with < 5% error as demonstrated by audit.

Job Requirements

Required

• Completion of an AMA approved respiratory therapy program
• 1-3 years 2 years minimum acute care experience,with 1 year of critical care experience. If no qualified candidate, may consider training positions, depending on staffing needs
• Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA
• Basic Life Support - CPR - authorized by the American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Preferred

• Registered by the National Board of Respiratory Care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) preferred
• Pulmonary Function testing, arterial bloodgas quality control and bronchoscopy experience
• Registered Respiratory Therapist

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1967, Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.

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