Mercy General Hospital·Sacramento, California
Provide essential respiratory care and critical interventions for patients across all age groups, from neonates to geriatrics. Responsibilities include operating mechanical ventilators, performing arterial punctures, and collaborating on multi-disciplinary care plans.
Where You’ll Work Founded in 1925, Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital is a 310-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California.
Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology.
Additionally, Mercy General Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
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One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Respiratory Care Practitioner, you will competently provide essential respiratory care for neonate, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
Your expertise is vital for critical respiratory interventions and patient well-being.
Every day you will help perform arterial punctures, continuous ventilation, airway maintenance, emergency care, infection control, isolation procedures, mechanical ventilator operation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and medical gas administration.
To be successful in this role, you will possess advanced clinical skills in all aspects of respiratory care across age groups, meticulous attention to detail, a strong commitment to patient safety and infection control, and the ability to perform effectively in emergencies.
Under general medical and supervisory direction, administers the full range of respiratory care modalities in all patient care areas.
Initiates and terminates mechanical ventilation per Cardiac surgery protocol or physician orders.
Operates and maintains blood gas analyzer.
Provides quality respiratory care services including routine and complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures designed to evaluate, stabilize, prevent or remedy neonatal, pediatric, adult and geriatric pulmonary abnormalities.
Utilizes a multi-disciplinary plan of care, including respiratory care protocols, assesses indications, initiates appropriate therapeutic interventions and evaluates anticipated outcomes.
Acts as a clinical resource person to department and hospital patient care team.
Provides education to patients and their families.
Willingness to work where needed in NICU, L&D, ED and ICU.
Job Requirements Required Two (2) years minimum acute care experience, with one (1) year of critical care experience.
Completion of an AMA approved respiratory therapy program.
Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner with the State of California.
BLS from the American Heart Association.
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Requires a minimum of two years of acute care experience, including one year in critical care, and completion of an AMA approved respiratory therapy program. Must hold a California State license as a Respiratory Care Practitioner and certifications in BLS, ACLS, and PALS.
Market context
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