Respiratory Care Practitioner III

Methodist Hospital Sacramento • Sacramento, CA

1d • $58 - $68 • Onsite

About The Position

The Respiratory Care Practitioner provides respiratory care to neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. The role includes performing critical respiratory interventions and supporting patient well-being, with a strong focus on patient safety and infection control. Practitioners operate mechanical ventilators, maintain airways, provide emergency care, administer medical gases, perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and arterial punctures, and follow infection-control and isolation procedures.

The practitioner initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation according to protocol or physician orders, obtains blood gas samples using appropriate infection-control techniques, and extubates patients according to Cardiac and ICU protocols or physician orders. The role also includes delivering comprehensive shift reports, clarifying prescribed therapy with physicians and recommending modifications when indicated, and assessing oxygen use through pulse oximetry to verify medical need and recommend therapy changes.

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 acute care experience.
• Completion of an AMA-approved respiratory therapy program.
• One year of critical care experience.
• California Respiratory Care Practitioner license.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification.
• Advanced clinical skills across all aspects of respiratory care and age groups, attention to detail, commitment to patient safety and infection control, and ability to perform effectively in emergencies.

Nice To Haves

• Registered Respiratory Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and monitor mechanical ventilation to ensure adequate ventilation and compliance with protocols or physician orders.
• Obtain 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, verify medical need for oxygen, and recommend therapy changes.
• Provide respiratory care and critical respiratory interventions 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