Respiratory Care Practitioner

Job Summary And Responsibilities

The Respiratory Therapist is for providing respiratory care to patients. Responsible for the safe and accurate administration of all respiratory medications, treatments, procedures, and monitoring including but not limited to: oxygen therapy, adult ventilator management, neonatal ventilator management, ventilator transport, bi‑level ventilation management, heliox therapy, chest physiotherapy, sputum induction, airway care, humidity therapy, DME coordination, aerosol therapy, isolation controlled environments, nocturnal oximetry study, pulmonary education and rehabilitation, pulse oximetry, EKGs, adult and pediatric, pulmonary function testing, cardiovascular monitoring;

rhythm, heart rate, B/P, respirations, arterial blood gas procedure and analysis.

• California license as a Respiratory Care Practitioner
• BLS Healthcare Provider (AHA)
• PALS (AHA)
• RRT
  -National registration
• ACLS, or ability to acquire within 6 months of employment
• NRP, or ability to acquire within 6 months of employment
• Neonatal Resuscitation certification within 6 months

Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is a 104-bed not‑for‑profit hospital located in Grass Valley, California. The hospital has been providing compassionate and quality health care to residents and visitors of western Nevada County since 1958. As an affiliate of the nationally recognized Dignity Health system, we ensure our patients receive the highest standard of health care and have access to important regional resources throughout the system, including the Dignity Health Heart & Vascular Institute, the Dignity Health Neurological Institute of Northern California and the Dignity Health Cancer Institute of Greater Sacramento.

With 765 employees, 101 active medical staff and 21 Emergency Department beds, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital continually implements and upgrades its technology and recruits employees who understand the vital importance of kindness and compassion in the healing process.

One Community. One Mission. One California

$48.37 - $58.84 /hour

Entry level

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