Overview

Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is a 104-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Grass Valley California. The hospital has been providing compassionate quality health care to residents and visitors of western Nevada County since 1958. As an affiliate of the nationally recognized Dignity Health system we ensure the highest standard of health care to our patients and have access to important regional resources throughout the system including the Dignity Health Heart & Vascular Institute the Dignity Health Neurological Institute of Northern California and the Dignity Health Cancer Institute of Greater Sacramento. With 787 employees 101 active medical staff and 21 Emergency Department beds Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital continually implements and upgrades its technology and recruits employees who understand the vital importance of kindness and compassion in the healing process.

Responsibilities

The Respiratory Therapist is for providing respiratory care to patients.

Responsible for the safe and accurate administration of all respiratory medications, treatments, procedures, and monitoring including but not limited to: oxygen therapy, adult ventilator management, neonatal ventilator management, ventilator transport, bi-level ventilation management, heliox therapy, chest physiotherapy, sputum induction, airway care, humidity therapy, DME coordination, aerosol therapy, isolation controlled environments, nocturnal oximetry study, pulmonary education and rehabilitation, pulse oximetry, EKGs, adult and pediatric, pulmonary function testing, cardiovascular monitoring; rhythm, heart rate, B/P, respirations, arterial blood gas procedure and analysis.

Qualifications

Required:

2 year Associates of Science in Respiratory Therapy requiredCurrent California license as a Respiratory Care PractitionerCurrent BLS Healthcare ProviderCurrent PALS, ACLS, NRP or ability to acquire within 6 months of employmentRRT required

Preferred:

Neonatal intubation certification preferred