Respiratory Therapist II

Join
our dedicated team of healthcare professionals providing high-quality
respiratory care across a diverse patient population. The Respiratory
Therapist II (RT II) is responsible for delivering both routine and advanced
respiratory care to adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients. This role includes
assignments in all critical care and intensive care units (excluding SM), and
may involve participation in patient transport and ECMO support. The RT II
works under the supervision of the Director, Assistant Director, Clinical
Specialist, and/or Shift Supervisor, and collaborates closely with other
healthcare professionals to ensure high-quality patient care.

Key
Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive
  respiratory therapy services to adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients,
  including those in critical and intensive care settings.
• Participate in patient
  transport, assuming responsibility for advanced respiratory care during
  intra- and inter-facility transfers, in collaboration with the Transport
  Nurse (RR only) and under the guidance of the Transport Clinical
  Specialist and RT leadership.
• Serve as a Hybrid ECMO
  Team member, maintaining competency and regularly working shifts as an
  ECMO Therapist in accordance with established procedures and in
  collaboration with the RT Education Specialist, CTICU Clinical Specialist,
  and Perfusion leadership.
• Maintain and ensure
  readiness of all respiratory transport equipment and supplies.
• Perform relief
  supervisory duties, including daily workload assignments and shift
  operations.
• Participate in the
  orientation and training of new staff and provide in-service education on
  new equipment and techniques.
• Deliver excellent
  customer service and maintain effective communication and public relations
  with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• May be assigned to work
  in any area of the Health System and required to rotate between day and
  night shifts.
• Transport team members
  must successfully complete a physical agility test to ensure safe job
  performance.

We're
seeking a highly-skilled, self-motivated Respiratory professional with:

Educational Requirements:

* AA/AS Degree, Graduate of AMA Approved
2-Year Respiratory Therapy Program

* Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy or
similar- preferred

*
Registered by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC)

Licenses/Certifications:

* RCP State License in the state of
California

* Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
(American Heart Association only)

* Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)-
required for NICU

* Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)

* Pediatrics Advanced Life Support (PALS)

* Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
(ACLS/ALS) - preferred

* Neonatal/Pediatric Specialty (NPS) -
preferred

Physical Demands:

* Must be able to lift and carry 35 lbs.

* Must be able to physically roll a
100-pound, horizontally positioned patient

* Must be able to stand and/or walk 75% of
the 12-hour workday

* Must be able to sit, push, kneel, crouch,
and reach for extended periods

* Must have skill in performing routine
pulmonary function test

* Must have familiarity and knowledge of
handling: Blood Gas Machines, Exercise Systems, and other types of equipment
routinely found in pulmonary function laboratory

* Must possess oral and written communication
skills sufficient to communicate with colleagues, administrators, patients,
visitors, staff, faculty, physicians, and on-site servicemen

Experience:

* 3 years preferred