Respiratory Care Coordinator

3 weeks ago


San Diego, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time

**Job Summary**:
Assists in the planning, development and implementation of respiratory care programs that coordinate high quality, cost-effective care for patients with Sleep Disorders. Collaborates with managers, physicians and patient care staff to identify and resolve pulmonary care system issues. Directly facilitates pulmonary care functions that expedite the patients work-up and follow-up in both the hospitals and clinics.

**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Educate patients in a class room setting on various sleep disorders.
- Instruct patients on home diagnostic sleep equipment.
- Reading sleep studies and providing preliminary diagnosis to patients.
- Instruct patients on the proper use of therapeutic equipment used for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and other home ventilatory support systems.
- Process referrals to other sleep entities and healthy living providers.
- Assists in the planning, development and implementation of respiratory care programs that coordinate high quality, cost-effective care for patients with COPD, hypoventilation, neuro-muscular disease, Sleep Apnea and all other sleep disorders.
- Collaborates with managers, physicians and patient care staff to identify and resolve Sleep Disorder issues as well as Pulmonary Care Issues.
- Conduct follow up consultations with CPAP users to ensure adherence or refer patients to alternative treatment.
- Inform patients of the sleep physicians final results.
- Provide case manager consultations to patients referred by the physicians.
- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanentes Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanentes policies and procedures.
- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives.
- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.
- Kaiser Permanente is an EEO/AA Employer.

**Basic Qualifications**:
Experience
- Minimum one (1) year of sleep disorder-related experience required.

Education
- Bachelors Degree in Respiratory Care, Health Care Administration or four (4) years of experience in a directly related field required.
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration
- Polysomnographic Technologist Certificate from Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists OR Registered Respiratory Therapist - Sleep Disorder Specialist Certificate from National Board of Respiratory Care
- Respiratory Care Practitioner License (California)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist Certificate from National Board of Respiratory Care
- Basic Life Support

**Additional Requirements**:

- Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations.
- Computer skills and experience with nasal CPAP and BIPAP equipment required.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Recent experience facilitating performance improvement projects and experience planning, coordinating and implement programs preferred.
- Recent experience in patient education in respiratory disease and sleep disorders preferred.

**Notes**:

- May be required to work different locations/hours/shifts based on departmental needs.

PrimaryLocation : California,San Diego,Zion Medical Center

HoursPerWeek : 40

Shift : Day

Workdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

WorkingHoursStart : 08:30 AM

WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM

Job Schedule : Full-time

Job Type : Standard

Employee Status : Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation : NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Job Category : Rehab Services

Department : ZION MEDICAL CENTER - Neurology-Sleep Laboratory - 0806

Travel : Yes, 50 % of the Time



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