Respiratory Therapy Clinical Specialist

As a Respiratory Therapist Clinical Specialist, you will join an established team of RTs who share your passion for delivering highly specialized cardiopulmonary care to patients experiencing breathing issues. You'll be instrumental in providing a range of treatments from breathing techniques and nebulizer treatments to ventilator management, oxygen therapies, and external ventilation support.

Every day you will apply your keen assessment skills and critical thinking to manage diverse patient needs, develop and execute effective care plans, and ensure calm, focused intervention in both routine and emergent situations.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong sense of urgency, unwavering calm under pressure, and the ability to anticipate outcomes. Your dedication to patient well-being and exceptional problem-solving abilities will drive success in this vital role.

• Demonstrates knowledge regarding infant, pediatric and adult pulmonary disease processes and appropriate respiratory care interventions.
• Safely performs arterial puncture for blood gas analysis or laboratory analysis.
•  Independently assesses patient learning needs and seeks assistance in identifying/meeting learning needs of patients and families specific to management of chronic pulmonary disorders. Patient family education is to include disease management, proper use of medication and administration devices, oxygen therapy and related equipment.
• Prepares work assignments for on-coming shift and ensures adequate staffing to meet workload demands.
• Oversees function of the blood gas lab, performing required quality control, proficiency testing, and daily maintenance to ensure the timely and accurate reporting of all blood gas results.
• Assesses the performance of RCP and provides appropriate direction.
• Provides direction to respiratory staff in complex, high risk situations.
• Functions as a resource for Cardiopulmonary and Nursing personnel and other health care professionals in evaluating the effectiveness of respiratory interventions based physical assessment, blood gas and lab data, and physical assessment.
• Identifies areas that need change and participates in the planning and implementation of change.

Required

• Graduate of accredited Respiratory Therapy program. 
• Completion of a formal neonatal respiratory therapy course at an approved school of respiratory therapy that includes a didactic and clinical course work
• Completion of a minimum of 20 hours of didactic and four weeks of precepted neonatal clinical experiece in a hospital-based course at a facility with an NICU equivalent to a Regional or community NICU
• Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA
• Registered Respiratory Therapist

Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Community Hospital of San Bernardino is a 343-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 75,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, maternity care and pediatrics, and behavioral health and long-term subacute care for adults and children. 

Additionally, Community Hospital of San Bernardino has been recognized with the gold seal of approval by the Joint Commission, as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and rated five stars for Children’s Subacute Center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2025, we were voted Best Hospital by Inland Empire Magazine. 

Community Hospital of San Bernardino shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.