Respiratory Care Practitioner II

Job Summary

As our Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP), you will be a vital clinical professional, dedicated to providing high-quality respiratory care to pediatric, adult, and geriatric critical care patients. Every day, under medical and departmental direction, you'll deliver essential respiratory care per physician orders and policies. You'll ensure critical care services are met, meticulously manage equipment, and adapt care plans to optimize patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver essential respiratory care per physician orders and policies.
• Meticulously manage equipment to provide high-quality respiratory care.
• Adapt care plans to optimize patient outcomes.
• Combine strong clinical expertise, meticulous attention to detail, excellent communication, and a compassionate approach to contribute to healing and recovery in critical care.
• Provide safe and effective therapeutic administration of aerosolized medications to the tracheal bronchial tree through nebulized medications and IPPB.

Requirements

• Required: Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy Program.
• Preferred: One (1) year previous experience as an RCP in acute care and Two (2) years of acute care experience, including critical care and neonatal intensive care for lead therapist positions and Experience in pediatric mechanical ventilation and airway management for working in the pediatric sub-acute unit.

Qualifications

• Licensed by the state of California as a Respiratory Care Practitioner.
• Completed formal training in pediatric respiratory care which includes didactic and clinical experience.

Skills

• Demonstrates knowledge regarding infant, pediatric and adult pulmonary disease processes and appropriate respiratory care interventions.
• Demonstrates knowledge of applicable ventilator modalities and applications in the acute and sub-acute settings.
• Demonstrates knowledge of applicable infant and pediatric ventilator modalities and applications in the sub-acute setting.
• Demonstrates knowledge of respiratory pharmacology, including recommended dosing, indications, and contraindications of each drug.
• Demonstrates knowledge of therapeutic management and monitoring of the sick neonate.

Benefits

Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Community Hospital of San Bernardino is a 343-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 75,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, maternity care and pediatrics, and behavioral health and long-term subacute care for adults and children. Additionally, Community Hospital of San Bernardino has been recognized with the gold seal of approval by the Joint Commission, as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and rated five stars for Children’s Subacute Center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2025, we were voted Best Hospital by Inland Empire Magazine. Community Hospital of San Bernardino shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care.

Pay

$58.79 - $58.79 /hour

Schedule

N/A