Respiratory Therapist II - PER_DIEM - 12 Hour Nights

Cedars-Sinai; California; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedars-Sinai is seeking a Respiratory Therapist II to provide adult and pulmonary care within our Magnet-designated nursing environment. The role involves performing invasive and noninvasive ventilation support, ABG analysis, and a range of lab duties in dedicated pulmonary function and ABG labs.

You will work with a skilled team using state-of-the-art facilities and will pursue subspecialty opportunities within Respiratory Care Services after training.

Qualifications

• Associate or higher degree in respiratory therapy; CA RCP license required.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in acute care respiratory therapy.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Schedules patient testing and verifies MD orders for testing.
• Performs pulmonary function tests and exercise tests.
• Conducts arterial puncture for ABG analysis.
• Maintains and operates RT ventilator systems and related monitoring.
• Ensures safety and quality control in blood gas testing and lab procedures.

Skills

Pulmonary function tests

Arterial blood gas analysis

Critical care equipment handling

Education

Associate's Degree in Respiratory Therapy

Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy (preferred)

California Respiratory Care Practitioner license

BLS certification

ACLS certification

PALS certification

Job description

Job Description

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. Working with dedicated healthcare professionals, you will use brand new facilities. You will have everything needed to do something incredible for yourself and others. Join us, and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals!

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. Working with dedicated healthcare professionals, you will use brand new facilities. You will have everything needed to do something incredible for yourself and 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

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 [e-mail] 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.