Cottage Health
Location
Santa Barbara, California
Salary
$41 - $66 / HOUR
The practitioner administers ordered respiratory treatments, therapies, and diagnostic tests, including medications and chest percussion, while effectively establishing and maintaining clear patient airways. Responsibilities also include managing ventilator support, ensuring proper oxygen titration, and adhering strictly to physician orders and established protocols.
Candidates must possess a California Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License along with current BLS and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association, and NRP certification. A minimum of one year of RCP experience specifically in Neonatal/Pediatrics (Neopeds) is required for this role.
Join Cottage Health as a Respiratory Care Practitioner at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
Administers aerosolized respiratory medications and chest percussion as ordered. Accomplishes (and documents in writing) all accomplished and unaccomplished ordered respiratory treatments, therapies, diagnostic tests, and procedures. Effectively demonstrates, establishes, and maintains clear patient airway relative to the patient’s condition. Maintains proper oxygen titration levels of patients receiving ventilator support and in non-ventilator supported patients in respiratory distress. All in accordance with physician’s orders, established policies, procedures and protocols with no more than 3-6 exceptions per year and no exceptions requiring medical intervention. Ventilators are properly set up, administered, managed and charted in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications, department policies, procedures, and protocols with no more than 2 exceptions per year and no exceptions requiring medical intervention. Completes 100% of assigned educational programs, tests and classes. Performs clinical and diagnostic procedures in accordance with established policy and procedures with no more than 2-3 noted exceptions (no more than two for the same reason), and with no exceptions resulting in the need for medical intervention.
California Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License BLS and PALS from the American Heart Association NRP 1 year RCP Neopeds experience required.
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