Cottage Health·Santa Barbara, California
Administers respiratory treatments, medications, and diagnostic tests while maintaining clear patient airways and managing ventilator support. Ensures all procedures are documented and performed according to physician orders and hospital protocols.
Join Cottage Health as a Respiratory Care Practitioner at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
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.
All in accordance with physician’s orders, established policies, procedures and protocols with no more than 3-6 exceptions per year and no exceptions requiring medical intervention.
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.
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Requires a California Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license and certifications in BLS, PALS, and NRP. Candidates must have at least one year of RCP experience specifically in Neopeds.
Market context
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