The Respiratory Care Specialist is responsible for performing all NICU respiratory therapy procedures for the NICU and attending high risk deliveries. Duties will include: performing arterial/capillary blood gas puncture and analysis; draw samples from umbilical and radial lines per completed annual competency; performing all diagnostic procedures specific to NICU or pediatric population and attending all deliveries as scheduled. Licensure and Certification: Current CA RCP license Current BLS pr... more details
Job Summary:
The Respiratory Care Specialist is responsible for performing all NICU respiratory therapy procedures for the NICU and attending high risk deliveries. Duties will include: performing arterial/capillary blood gas puncture and analysis; draw samples from umbilical and radial lines per completed annual competency; performing all diagnostic procedures specific to NICU or pediatric population and attending all deliveries as scheduled.
Licensure and Certification:
Current CA RCP license
Current BLS provider card
Current PALS provider card
Current NRP provider card
Education:
AS degree in Respiratory Therapy
Experience:
Two years’ experience in NICU or completion of NICU training course (didactic/clinical training)
Current neonatal intubation competency with a minimum of two documented successful neonatal intubations over the last year.
Knowledge and Skills:
Competent in use of all respiratory therapy modalities
Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
Strong time management skills
Problem solving skills
Basic computer skills
Physical Demands – Patient Care:
Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
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