Respiratory Care Practioner III

Mercy Hospital Folsom; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Hospital Folsom is seeking a Respiratory Care Practitioner to provide essential respiratory care for neonate, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. You will manage ventilation, perform arterial blood gas sampling, and coordinate patient reports with the care team.

Requirements include an AMA approved respiratory therapy program, CA license, five years acute care with critical care experience, and BLS/ACLS/PALS certifications.

Qualifications

• Completion of an AMA approved respiratory therapy program.
• Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner in California.
• Five years minimum acute care experience, with one year in critical care.
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation per protocol or physician orders.
• Performs blood gas sampling with infection control techniques.
• Extubates patients per ICU protocols.
• Prepares and delivers comprehensive patient reports to oncoming staff.
• Consults with physicians to clarify therapy and adjust as needed.
• Assesses and monitors oxygen therapy and adjusts treatment.

Skills

Ventilator operation

Blood gas sampling

Patient assessment

Interdisciplinary communication

Education

AMA approved respiratory therapy program

Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care/Health Sciences

NBRC advanced critical care / neonatal-pediatric specialist / CPFT/RPFT

CA Respiratory Care Practitioner license

Job description

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1989, Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital is a 106-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Folsom, California. Serving over 60,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, cancer care, women's health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy Hospital of Folsom has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA's Get the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital's commitment to providing the best stroke care. It was recently named a Leapfrog 2025 Top General Hospital.

One Community. One Mission. One California

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.

• Initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation to assure the patient is being ventilated adequately and according to protocol or the physician's written or verbal orders.
• Blood gas sampling following appropriate infection control technique.
• Extubates patients as per Cardiac and ICU protocol or the physician's written or verbal orders.
• Organizes and gives a comprehensive patient report to the incoming shift.
• Approaches the physician to clarify prescribed therapy and recommends modification when indicated.
• Assesses and monitors the use of oxygen by performing pulse oximetry to verify medical need for oxygen. Recommends changes in therapy.

Job Requirements

• Completion of an AMA approvedrespiratory therapy program.
• Bachelors Other in Respiratory Care, Health Sciences.
• Or credentialed in one of thefollowing by the National Board of Respiratory Care Advanced Critical CareSpecialty, Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist, Certified/Registered Pulmonary FunctionTechnologist.
• Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner with the State of California.
• Five (5) years minimum acute care experience, with one (1) year of critical care experience. If no qualified candidate, may consider training positions, depending on staffing needs.
• Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA.
• Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACLS.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support PALS.