Respiratory Care Practitioner (Neopeds)

Job description

Join Cottage Health as a Respiratory Care Practitioner at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Key elements of the position include: - 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...