RCP II

Community Hospital San Bernardino • San Bernardino, CA

2d

About The Position

The Respiratory Care Practitioner provides high-quality respiratory care to pediatric, adult, and geriatric critical care patients. Under medical and departmental direction, the practitioner delivers respiratory care according to physician orders and policies, supports critical care services, manages equipment, and adapts care plans to optimize patient outcomes. The role calls for clinical expertise, attention to detail, effective communication, and compassion.

The practitioner demonstrates knowledge of infant, pediatric, and adult pulmonary diseases and appropriate interventions; ventilator modalities in acute and sub-acute settings, including infant and pediatric modalities in sub-acute care; respiratory pharmacology; and therapeutic management and monitoring of sick neonates. The role includes safely and effectively administering aerosolized medications to the tracheobronchial tree through nebulized medications and IPPB.

The position is with Community Hospital of San Bernardino, a 343-bed acute-care nonprofit hospital serving more than 75,000 patients annually. Its services include a Level II NICU, maternity care and pediatrics, behavioral health, and long-term subacute care for adults and children.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy Program.
• For respiratory care services in the pediatric department, be licensed by the State of California and have completed formal pediatric respiratory care training that includes didactic and clinical experience.
• Respiratory Care Practitioner: California.
• Basic Life Support (CPR).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program.

Nice To Haves

• One year of previous experience as an RCP in acute care.
• For lead therapist positions, two years of acute care experience, including critical care and neonatal intensive care.
• For work in the pediatric sub-acute unit, experience in pediatric mechanical ventilation and airway management.

Responsibilities

• Provide respiratory care to pediatric, adult, and geriatric critical care patients under medical and departmental direction.
• Deliver respiratory care in accordance with physician orders and applicable policies.
• Ensure critical care services are met and manage respiratory care equipment.
• Adapt care plans to optimize patient outcomes.
• Apply knowledge of pulmonary disease processes and appropriate respiratory care interventions for infants, children, and adults.
• Use applicable ventilator modalities in acute and sub-acute settings, including infant and pediatric ventilator modalities in sub-acute care.
• Apply knowledge of respiratory pharmacology, including medication dosing, indications, and contraindications.
• Provide therapeutic management and monitoring of sick neonates.
• Safely administer aerosolized medications to the tracheobronchial tree through nebulized medications and IPPB.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree