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Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $Not stated

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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>Title: Registered Respiratory Care Practitioner II - Grade 770 (120513)Location: Santa Clara, CAAssume primary clinical responsibility for all respiratory care modalities & to exercise considerable independent clinical judgment in the respiratory care of patients.Essential Functions:Includes but not limited to:- Selects, Reviews, Obtains and Interprets Data:- Accurately transcribes physician orders to electronic charting system or departmental patient master.- Interprets data to formulate goal-directed plan of care and determines requirements for treatment.- Recommends procedures to obtain additional data including radiographs, bronchoscopy, Gram stain and C&S, spirometry, blood gas analysis, lung mechanics, work of breathing, EKG, & noninvasic monitoring.- Performs Diagnostic Modalities:- Performs procedures and interprets results: ABG sampling and analysis, co-oximetry, spirometry, pressure-volume and flow-volume loops, cuff pressure, and sputum induction.- Selects, Assembles and Checks Equipment for Proper Function, Operation and Cleanliness:- Ensures proper function and ready availability of respiratory related life support equipment.- Troubleshoots and performs minor repairs of equipment.- Participates in routine departmental programs of cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing of respiratory care and other related equipment.- Initiates, Conducts and Modifies Prescribed Therapeutic or Diagnostic Procedures:- Observes established safety and security procedures and protects patients from nosocomial infection.- Explains planned therapy or procedures and goals to patient in understandable terms to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes.- Conducts therapeutic procedures to maintain a patient airway, remove bronchopulmonary secretions, and/or achieve adequate ventilation and oxygenation.- Monitors patient''s physiological responses to therapy, recognizes patient adverse reaction and stops or modifies or recommends modification to procedure based on patient response.- Documents all rquired information in the medical record according to departmental policy and procedure.- Initiates pressure-cycled/volume-cycled/high frequency ventilation.- Weans/modifies mechanical ventilation according to assessment and physician orders.- Assists with/or performs extubation.- Conducts patient education and disease management.- Supervision and Administration:- Contributes to departmental quality improvement activities.- Assesses priorities for delivery of patient care and redistributes resources as necssary.- Protects data from intentional or unintentional destruction, modification, or disclosure.- Maintains a current knowledge base of departmental information management systems, including collection, maintenance, and dissemination of information, as well as appropriate audit trails.- Other Assessment Criteria:- Maintains a professional appearance, displays professional conduct and ethical behavior.- Participates in continuing education for professional development in Respiratory Care and related fields.- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.Qualifications:Basic Qualifications:- At least three (3) years regular (twenty (20) hours of more per week) of recent experience as Respiratory Care- At least one (1) year of recent critical care experience preferred, may be required for this particular position- At least one (1) year of clinical experience in neonatal/pediatric respiratory care preferred, may be required for this particular position- At least one (1) year of clinical experience in the field of polysomnography preferred, may be required for this particular position- High School Diploma or GED equivalent- Graduate of an accredited respiratory care education program supported by CoARC or accredited by CAAHEP, required, with 62 semester hours of college credit, including a background in the basic sciences, or a baccalaureate degree in an area other than respiratory care or Associates of Arts of Science degree, preferred. Current Kaiser Perma

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