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CommonSpirit Health • Glendale, CA

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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 care according to physician orders and hospital policies, ensures critical care services are met, manages equipment, and adapts care plans to optimize patient outcomes. The role requires clinical expertise, attention to detail, excellent communication, and a compassionate approach.

The practitioner must meet annual competency requirements before the evaluation date, comply with applicable Dignity Health, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, and Respiratory Care and Nursing Services manuals, maintain an active California Respiratory Care Board license, and maintain BCLS certification according to department policy. Routine procedures include aerosol therapy, IPPB treatments, chest physiotherapy, respiratory assessments, mechanical ventilation management, vital-sign and pulse-oximetry monitoring, MDI therapy, assistance with CPR, and patient education. Special procedures may be performed after appropriate cross-training and completion of required skills checkoffs and post-tests; these may include arterial blood gas collection and analysis, pulmonary function testing, assistance with bronchoscopies, exercise testing, and metabolic evaluation.

Requirements

• California Respiratory Care Practitioner license issued by the State of California Respiratory Care Board, maintained through its expiration date.
• Basic Life Support (CPR).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Provide respiratory care to pediatric, adult, and geriatric critical care patients under medical and departmental direction.
• Deliver respiratory care according to physician orders and applicable policies.
• Ensure critical care services are met, manage equipment, and adapt care plans to optimize patient outcomes.
• Meet annual competency requirements before the evaluation date and comply with applicable policies and procedures.
• Renew the California Respiratory Care Board license by its expiration date and maintain BCLS standards per department policy.
• Perform routine procedures, including aerosol therapy, IPPB treatments, chest physiotherapy, respiratory assessments, mechanical ventilation management, vital-sign and pulse-oximetry monitoring, MDI therapy, CPR assistance, and patient education.
• Perform special procedures when appropriately cross-trained and after completing required skills checkoffs and post-tests, including arterial blood gases, pulmonary function testing, assistance with bronchoscopies, exercise testing, and metabolic evaluation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed