Respiratory Care Practitioner PD

Cottage Health•Goleta, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Cottage Health as a per diem Respiratory Care Practitioner. This position will float between Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Key elements of the position include administering aerosolized respiratory medications and chest percussion as ordered, accomplishing and documenting all ordered respiratory treatments, therapies, diagnostic tests, and procedures. The role also involves effectively demonstrating, establishing, and maintaining clear patient airways, and maintaining proper oxygen titration levels for patients on ventilator support and those in respiratory distress. All actions must be in accordance with physician’s orders, established policies, procedures, and protocols with minimal exceptions. Ventilators must be properly set up, administered, managed, and charted according to manufacturer’s specifications and department policies. The practitioner must complete all assigned educational programs, tests, and classes and perform clinical and diagnostic procedures in accordance with established policies and procedures with minimal exceptions that do not require medical intervention.

Requirements

California Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License
ACLS, BLS, and PALS from the American Heart Association
NRP within 3 months of hire

Responsibilities

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.
Ensures 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.