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.