Respiratory Care Practitioner Full Time Night
$63,211–$92,955 year
On-site · Huntington Park, California, United States
Job Summary
Respiratory Care Practitioner provides comprehensive respiratory care to patients from neonates to geriatrics. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating respiratory care modalities; managing artificial airways; ventilator management and weaning; administering aerosolized medications; monitoring oxygen therapy; performing spirometry (incentive spirometry, peak flows, VC, FVC); delivering IPPB therapy; operating and maintaining respiratory equipment including Bi-Pap; responding to life-threatening emergencies; conducting blood gas analyses; performing EKGs; tracheostomy care; collaborating with multidisciplinary teams; utilizing SBAR and AIDET for patient communication; maintaining HIPAA compliance; and may float to other areas as needed. Must have a California RCP license, BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, AB508 or equivalent, and a Bachelor’s degree in Respiratory Therapy or Cardiovascular Technology. On-site in Huntington Park, CA.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Therapy or Cardiovascular Technology from an accredited institution
- Current Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license for California
- Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from American Heart Association
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
- AB508 Workplace Violence Prevention (4 hour) due within 30 days
- OR Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB 1 or MAB 2), Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) or equivalent covering AB508 and SB1299
- Have at least one year of laboratory training or experience in blood gas analysis (or an associate degree related to pulmonary function with two years of laboratory training/experience)
- All foreign degrees must be accompanied by a confirmation letter certifying US equivalence
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