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425501BR

Company:

Cedars-Sinai

Job Code:

Health-Services health-services

Job Description:

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

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. From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything you need to do something incredible—for yourself, and for 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.

Position Title:

Respiratory Therapist I - 12 Hour Nights - Los Angeles, CA

Job Category:

Health/Medical other

Minimum Education Required:

Associates

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other:

City*:

Los Angeles

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities:

Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy (Bachelor's Degree highly preferred).

State of California as a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP).

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Minimum Salary

29.00

Maximum Salary

44.95

State*:

California