Respiratory Therapist II - PER_DIEM FLOAT POOL- 12 Hour Days

Cedars-Sinai • California, California • 6h ago

Job Description

Every Skill. Every Effort. Everything We Have

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it's just one of the many reasons we've achieved our fifth consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using innovative facilities, you'll have everything you need to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America's Best Hospitals!

Job Responsibilities:

The Respiratory Therapist II is an RCP who performs general ward therapy procedures including: 02 therapy, bland aerosol therapy, medicinal aerosol therapy, volume expansion therapy, bronchial hygiene procedures, CPR. You will also perform Adult Critical Care RT procedures including: setup and management of continuous invasive and non-invasive ventilator systems, specialty gases, and related monitoring and encouraging adjuncts. Training in of performance of Arterial Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis is required. You may pursue additional training in all "subspecialty services" provided by the CSMC Respiratory Care Services to include: management of Perinatal/ Pediatric Ventilator Systems and related adjuncts; Bronchoscopy Assist; Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center RT procedures; RT Order Entry System Operation. Once training is complete, a RT is encouraged to function as assigned in the subspecialty areas in which they have been trained and adjudged functionally proficient.

Additional primary duties and responsibilities that are only performed in the specific department(s) below:

Pulmonary Function lab:

Schedules patient testing.

Verifies MD orders and diagnosis-based indications for testing.

Ensures pre-test pulmonary history and consent for exercise testing are complete, explains the purpose and side effects of ordered tests to patients.

Performs pulmonary function tests, exercise tests, arterial puncture.

Collates and submits verified results for pulmonologist interpretation.

Completes and submits patient billings.

Certified / Registered Pulmonary Function Tech upon hire.

Minimum of 1 year experience working in pulmonary function testing.

ABG Lab

Receives lab specimen from tube system for analysis.

Verify and validate patients information on the blood sample to test ordered.

Analyze blood sample per department policy and procedure.

Validate and report critical lab results to provider / patient's nurse.

Participate in lab correlation and linearity studies required by governing bodies.

Troubleshoot analyzer and perform minor maintenance on analyzer when required.

Performs quality control and proficiency testing sample analysis.

Adheres to blood gas lab safety and infection control policies.

Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy (Bachelor's Degree highly preferred).

Two (2) years of experience as a respiratory therapist in an acute care facility.

State of California as a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP).

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Current Advanced Life Support (ACLS) certification.

Current PALS certification

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and well-being of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.

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