Respiratory Therapist 2

Where You’ll Work

Mercy Medical Center Redding offers comprehensive health care to nearly 300,000 residents in a six-county region. It is one of only two Level II trauma centers, the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the only Joint Commission-certified Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center north of Sacramento north of Sacramento. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a 266-bed regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient services as well as specialized cardiovascular care, stroke care, orthopedics, neurological surgery, comprehensive cancer care, maternity care, and a robust robotic surgery program. In addition, the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living. 

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Respiratory Therapist, you will join an established team of RTs who share your passion for delivering highly specialized cardiopulmonary care to patients experiencing breathing issues. You'll be instrumental in providing a range of treatments from breathing techniques and nebulizer treatments to ventilator management, oxygen therapies, and external ventilation support.

Every day you will apply your keen assessment skills and critical thinking to manage diverse patient needs, develop and execute effective care plans, and ensure calm, focused intervention in both routine and emergent situations.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong sense of urgency, unwavering calm under pressure, and the ability to anticipate outcomes. Your dedication to patient well-being and exceptional problem-solving abilities will drive success in this vital role.

• Integrates patient diagnostic data, response to therapy, and the physiologic profile to create a plan of care that is sound and consistent with the department’s standard of care or the department’s procedures and protocols
• CPAP and in house transport of the ventilated patient
• Performs thorough cardiopulmonary clinical assessments with the appropriate inclusion of other body systems including cardiovascular, nutritional, neurologic, etc. Documents information and appropriately assigns triage scores, GCS scores, RT Evaluation and treatment scores and communicates this in an SBAR format to other health care providers
• Performs pulmonary mechanics on all eligible ventilated patients on a daily basis
• Collects appropriate data and presents patient information at ventilator weaning rounds. Discusses treatment options i.e., ventilator care plan as it pertains to the patient and communicates this plan to physician and/or appropriate members of the patient care team
• Collects specimens, performs basic procedures and assists in complex diagnostic procedures such as diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopies and bedside pulmonary function tests

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors degree in Respiratory Care OR Associates degree in Respiratory Care with current Adult Critical Care Specialtycertification and 1 year work experience or 3 years of clinical experience, as required forBachelor's degree in Respiratory Care, in an acute care facility, upon hire or
• Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and (Must be through the American Heart Association)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and (Must be through the American Heart Association)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire and (Must be through the American Heart Association)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire and
• Registered Respiratory Therapist, upon hire and
• Neonatal-Pediatric Specialty Respiratory Therapist, within 12 - months

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree with current Adult Critical Care Specialty and Neonatal/ Pediatric Specialty certification. 4 years work experience in acute care facility to include adult, pediatric, andneonatal critical care, upon hire