Respiratory Care Practitioner III

CommonSpirit Health • Sacramento, CA

11h • Onsite

About The Position

The Respiratory Care Practitioner provides respiratory care to neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. The role involves critical respiratory interventions and supporting patient well-being through ventilation, airway care, emergency response, infection control, and medical gas administration. Practitioners initiate and monitor mechanical ventilation, obtain blood gas samples, extubate patients according to applicable protocols or physician orders, assess oxygen use with pulse oximetry, and recommend therapy changes when indicated. They also communicate comprehensive patient reports to incoming shifts and consult physicians to clarify or recommend modifications to prescribed therapy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Respiratory Care or Health Sciences, or a National Board for Respiratory Care credential in Advanced Critical Care Specialty, Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist, or Certified/Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist.
• Five years minimum of acute-care experience.
• Completion of an AMA-approved respiratory therapy program.
• One year of critical-care experience.
• California Respiratory Care Practitioner credential.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification.

Nice To Haves

• Registered Respiratory Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and monitor mechanical ventilation to ensure adequate ventilation in accordance with protocols or physician orders.
• Collect blood gas samples using appropriate infection-control techniques.
• Extubate patients according to Cardiac and ICU protocols or physician orders.
• Organize and provide a comprehensive patient report to the incoming shift.
• Clarify prescribed therapy with physicians and recommend modifications when indicated.
• Assess and monitor oxygen use with pulse oximetry to verify medical need and recommend therapy changes.
• Provide respiratory care to neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Perform arterial punctures, airway maintenance, emergency care, infection-control and isolation procedures, mechanical ventilator operation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and medical gas administration.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior