Respiratory Care Practitioner III
- Common Spirit Health
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Nov 05, 2026
Job Description
Multiple openings. Common Spirit Health has 2 openings for this role in Sacramento County (Carmichael, Sacramento). Apply once and your Veteran Staffing Consultant will help match you to a location and schedule.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Respiratory Care Practitioner, you will competently provide essential respiratory care for neonate, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. Your expertise is vital for critical respiratory interventions and patient well-being.
Every day you will perform arterial punctures, continuous ventilation, airway maintenance, emergency care, infection control, isolation procedures, mechanical ventilator operation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and medical gas administration.
To be successful, you will possess advanced clinical skills in all aspects of respiratory care across age groups, meticulous attention to detail, a strong commitment to patient safety and infection control, and the ability to perform effectively in emergencies.
- Initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation to assure the patient is being ventilated adequately and according to protocol or the physician's written or verbal orders.
- Blood gas sampling following appropriate infection control technique.
- Extubates patients as per Cardiac and ICU protocol or the physician's written or verbal orders.
- Organizes and gives a comprehensive patient report to the incoming shift.
- Approaches the physician to clarify prescribed therapy and recommends modification when indicated.
- Assesses and monitors the use of oxygen by performing pulse oximetry to verify medical need for oxygen. Recommends changes in therapy.
Required
- Completion of an AMA approved respiratory therapy program
- Bachelors Other in Respiratory Care, Health Sciences
- Credentialed in one of the following by the National Board of Respiratory Care Advanced Critical Care Specialty, Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist,Certified/Registered Pulmonary FunctionTechnologist,
- Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner with the State of California
- 4-6 years 5 years minimum acute care experience, with 1 year of critical care experience. If no qualified candidate, may consider training positions, depending on staffing needs
- Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA
- Basic Life Support - CPR - authorized by the American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Preferred
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
Founded in 1967, Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.
Mercy Home Health and Mercy Hospice is located at 3400 Data Drive in Rancho Cordova, CA. Both service lines are accredited agencies that have received outstanding recognition from The Joint Commission. We currently serve the greater El Dorado, Placer and Sacramento counties, bringing our patients the highest level of service available.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Qualifications
- Required
- Completion of an AMA approved respiratory therapy program
- Bachelors Other in Respiratory Care, Health Sciences
- Credentialed in one of the following by the National Board of Respiratory Care Advanced Critical Care Specialty, Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist,Certified/Registered Pulmonary FunctionTechnologist,
- Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner with the State of California
- 4-6 years 5 years minimum acute care experience, with 1 year of critical care experience. If no qualified candidate, may consider training positions, depending on staffing needs
- Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA
- Basic Life Support - CPR - authorized by the American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Preferred
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for Common Spirit Health is Tracey Huerta.
Qualifications
State
Immediate Fill
Job Reference
At CommonSpirit Health, we passionately care for the most vulnerable, relentlessly innovate how and where healing can happen and believe in uniting to benefit the common good. Our expansive network spans diverse communities, uniquely positioning us to meet their changing needs, improve population health and help chart the path to health equity.
Our mission, vision and values inform every aspect of our work each day and remind us that we serve our patients, their families, our communities – and each other. Our community health, research and home health programs help us address the primary barriers to healthier communities.
Our mission
As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
Our vision
A healthier future for all – inspired by faith, driven by innovation and powered by our humanity.
Our values
Compassion | Inclusion | Integrity | Excellence | Collaboration