Respiratory Therapist II-Per Diem

Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Inc.; West Arcadia (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team as a Respiratory Therapist II, where you will play a crucial role in treating patients with pulmonary disorders. This position involves administering treatments, monitoring patient care, and participating in emergency response, all within a supportive environment dedicated to advancing healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• Two years experience as a Respiratory Therapist.
• Licensure and certification required as mentioned.

Responsibilities

• Administers respiratory treatments and monitors patient progress.
• Conducts EKGs and arterial blood gas tests.
• Provides patient and family education regarding treatments.

Skills

Patient Education

Basic Life Support

Emergency Response

Monitoring

Education

California Respiratory Care Practitioner license (RCP)

Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)

Minimum Education for certification

Job description

Respiratory Therapist II

Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

We are hiring a Respiratory Therapist II! The respiratory therapist is a key healthcare professional involved in the treatment and management of patients with pulmonary disorders. Their duties encompass collecting and analyzing sputum, blood, and breathing specimens to assess levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gases. Additionally, they administer treatments prescribed by physicians to address breathing abnormalities.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Sets up equipment and medications and administers respiratory treatment as ordered by the physician, charts treatment, response, and progress.
• Observes patients, checks equipment, and makes changes as necessary during patient rounds.
• Records observations and services and completes patient records.
• Responds and assists with basic life support in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation emergencies.
• Participates in fire, safety and other training programs conducted within and outside of the medical center. Maintains current CPR card.
• Performs EKGs and arterial blood gases.
• Maintains established department policies, procedures, objectives, and quality assurance,
• safety.
• Assesses and documents patients’ condition on ventilators to include ETT tube placement, cuff pressure (if appropriate), breath sounds, respiratory effort, color and any noted treads in secretion, pressures, etc.
• Assesses and documents patients who are receiving respiratory treatments prior to and after treatment.
• Assesses and provides patient and family education for every patient who received initial treatment, 02 therapy, procedure, or placed on ventilator. Evaluates patient’s or family members’ responses on the new interdisciplinary patient and family education flow sheet.
• Accesses medications from medication room within scope of practice and according to proper protocol. Access in automated medication dispensing cabinets will limit access to certain drugs.
• Assists with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, workshops, and Inservice meetings, etc.
• Assists in monitoring compliance with quality assurance standards in related field of expertise.

Your qualifications should include:

• Minimum Education, as required for certification and licensure
• Two years Respiratory Therapist experience
• California Respiratory Care Practitioner license (RCP) and
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) American Heart Association

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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