Description
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Description
Join our dedicated team of healthcare
professionals providing high-quality respiratory care across a diverse patient
population. As a NICU Respiratory Therapist, you will deliver both routine and
advanced respiratory therapy to adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients in a
variety of clinical settings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer
respiratory therapy treatments and interventions in accordance with
physician orders and established protocols. - Provide
care in critical care environments, including the Intensive Care Units
(ICUs), Emergency Department, and other high-acuity areas. - Respond
to emergency situations and participate in rapid response and code teams. - Rotate
through various departments within the Health System as needed to support
patient care. - Maintain
accurate documentation and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to
ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Schedule:
- May
include rotating day and night shifts. - Flexibility
to work in any area of the Health System is required.
The pay rate is $65.08/hour. Position may
convert to career.
Qualifications
Educational Requirements:
- AA/AS
Degree, Graduate of AMA Approved 2-Year Respiratory Therapy Program or
similar - Bachelor’s
Degree in Respiratory Therapy or similar- preferred - Registered
by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC)
Licenses/Certifications:
- RCP
State License in the state of California - Basic
Life Support Certification (BLS) (American Heart Association only) - Registered
Respiratory Therapist (RRT) - Pediatrics
Advanced Life Support (PALS) - Neonatal
Resuscitation Program (NRP) Preferred/Required for NICU - Advanced
Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS/ALS)- preferred