Respiratory Therapist - Patient-Centered Pulmonary Care

PACS Group; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

PACS Group seeks a Respiratory Care Practitioner to deliver respiratory therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and direct patient care for individuals with pulmonary deficiencies. You will perform assessments, plan outcomes, and implement interventions per hospital policies, maintaining high standards of safety and confidentiality.

The role requires an Associate Degree, program graduation, and preferred BS in health care with at least one year of acute/subacute experience.

Qualifications

• Must possess, as a minimum, an Associate Degree from an accredited school.
• Must be a Graduate of a respiratory care program.
• Bachelor of Science degree in the health care field preferred.
• Minimum of one (1) year respiratory experience in an acute and/or subacute unit preferred.

Responsibilities

• Receive and follow schedule/instructions from your supervisor and as outlined in our established policies and procedures.
• Adheres to established policies and procedures of the facility to which the respiratory care practitioner is assigned.
• Performs focused interview to identify specific patients’ needs.
• Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient’s condition.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential diagnoses.
• Plans for outcomes of care for those patients assigned.
• Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard.
• Adheres to emergency, safety and infection control procedures of the facility to which the respiratory care practitioner is assigned.
• Promotes and participates in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications.
• Reports changes in the patient’s respiratory status to the Director/Supervisor of Respiratory Care Services, the nurse primarily responsible for the patient, and the physician, as needed, and prior to leaving the facility.

Job description

PACS Group seeks a Respiratory Care Practitioner to deliver respiratory therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and direct patient care for individuals with pulmonary deficiencies. You will perform assessments, plan outcomes, and implement interventions per hospital policies, maintaining high standards of safety and confidentiality.

The role requires an Associate Degree, program graduation, and preferred BS in health care with at least one year of acute/subacute experience.