Respiratory Therapist - Full Time Nights

Company: Kindred Healthcare
Location: Santa Ana
Posted on: November 19, 2022

Job Description:

Description

What makes Kindred Healthcare a great place to work? Our people, of course! Our clinicians answer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people. In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize their job effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction. This is who we are.

Who are you? To succeed in our high-energy, high-reward environment, our clinicians provide compassionate critical care and deliver exceptional patient experiences, meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.

As our most acute level of care, Kindred's transitional care hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.

As a Respiratory Therapist you will:

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• Responsible for administering safe and competent respiratory care as ordered per physician, monitoring mechanical ventilation, administering medications, patient assessment, understanding ramifications of hemodynamic monitoring, understanding blood work results, monitoring, teaching, and training.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  As a Respiratory Therapist you will have:
  
  
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  • As required for Registry by National Board forRespiratory Care (NBRC).
    
  • Certified/ Registered Respiratory Therapist by the National Board forRespiratory Care (NBRC). Appropriate licensure from state licensure agency.
    
  • BCLS and ACLS certifications and maintain them for the duration of employment.
    

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