Respiratory Care Practitioner III
About the role
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.
Responsibilities
- Perform arterial punctures
- Continuous ventilation
- Airway maintenance
- Emergency care
- Infection control
- Isolation procedures
- Mechanical ventilator operation
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Medical gas administration
- Initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation to assure the patient is being ventilated adequately and according to protocol or the physician's written or verbal orders.
- Blood gas sampling following appropriate infection control technique.
- Extubates patients as per Cardiac and ICU protocol or the physician's written or verbal orders.
- Organizes and gives a comprehensive patient report to the incoming shift.
- Approaches the physician to clarify prescribed therapy and recommends modification when indicated.
- Assesses and monitors the use of oxygen by performing pulse oximetry to verify medical need for oxygen.
- Recommends changes in therapy.
Requirements
- Completion of an AMA approved respiratory therapy program.
- Bachelors Other in Respiratory Care, Health Sciences.
- Credentialed in one of the following by the National Board of Respiratory Care: Advanced Critical Care Specialty, Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist, Certified/Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist.
- Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner with the State of California.
- Five (5) years minimum acute care experience, with one (1) year of critical care experience. If no qualified candidate, may consider training positions, depending on staffing needs.
- Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
- Preferred Registered Respiratory Therapist.
Where you'll work
Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. One Community. One Mission. One California.
Pay
$70.42 - $70.42 /hour