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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 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, 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.

+ Advanced Practitioner level responsibilities. Provides expertise in care to all areas of the hospital and all patient populations on an independent level. Functions as a resource for both internal and external customers in all aspects of Respiratory Care.

+ Performs advanced duties of Respiratory Care as outlined in the American Association of Respiratory Care's Clinical Practice Guidelines: http://www.rcjournal.com/cpgs/index.cfm

+ Respond to emergency call throughout the hospital and perform emergency respiratory care procedures in accordance with departmental guidelines.

+ Provide basic and advanced life support measures to all patient populations concentrating on area of expertise: Airway and Ventilation.

+ Performs electrocardiograph testing and related procedures.

+ Performs EKG testing to all patient populations and have basic knowledge to determine discrepancies in machine interpretations.

Job Requirements

Required

+ One year clinical experience working as a licensed respiratory therapist in an acute care setting. and

+ Experience must include emergency department, adult, pediatric, neonatal and general respiratory care. and

+ Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA, upon hire and

+ Registered Respiratory Therapist, upon hire and

+ Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and

+ Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire and

+ Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire and

Preferred

+ Bachelors Of Science Respiratory Therapy and Advanced practitioner level experience and ability to perform independently in the NICU and Adult ICU's, upon hire

+ Neonatal-Pediatric Specialty Respiratory Therapist, upon hire and

+ Adult Critical Care Specialty Examination, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Hospitals have a history of caring for our community that goes back more than 100 years. We provide a broad range of medical and surgical services including minimally invasive and outpatient options. Our family of services includes the area's only inpatient oncology unit, the Orthopedic, Spine, and Hand Center, Family Birth Center, the Lactation Support Center and retail store, and many others. Mercy Hospital Downtown is a 194-bed facility located in downtown Bakersfield. Mercy Hospital Southwest is a 78-bed facility and the only hospital located in the rapidly growing area west of Highway 99. Mercy Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1910. Learn more here at https://www.dignityhealth.org/central-california/locations/mercy-bakersfield.

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One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$52.35 - $52.35 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.