Respiratory Therapist Registered
Resume:
Armen Grigoryan RCP, RRT
GRANADA HILLS, CA 91344
ad0iod@r.postjobfree.com
Skills/Certifications
● Registered Respiratory Therapist, #133154
● Respiratory Care Practitioner, # 33694
● Certified Basic Life Support
● Certified Advanced Cardiac Life Support
● Pediatric Advanced Life Support
● Hospital Fire and Safety Certified
● Trilingual: English, Armenian, Russian
● Excellent customer service and time management skills, flexible and efficient
● Professional bedside manner, strong clinical judgment, reliable, team player, responsible, motivated, flexible, multitasking abilities and positive attitude
● Patient and family advocacy
Experience
SEPTEMBER 2023-PRESENT
Dial Med Registry, Kaiser Permanente, Panorama City, CA- Registered Respiratory Therapist
● Manage and care for critical patients in ICU including ventilator initiation and management in collaboration with healthcare team
● Manage and care of step-down and med-surg floors by providing direct bedside treatment and care under physician orders.
● Initiating, assessing, and titrating oxygen therapy.
● Patient assessment vital signs, pulse oximetry reading, auscultation, percussion.
● Administration of nebulizer treatments, use of high and low flow oxygen systems. JUNE 2022 - APRIL 2023
Maxim Healthcare Staffing, Hartford Hospital, CT - Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist
● Short-term contract for COVID crisis relief at a Level 1 Trauma Center.
● Provide care alongside the medical team to improve patient outcomes and 2
decrease readmissions.
● Use Clinical Practice Guidelines and Respiratory Therapy Patient Driven Protocols to provide individually-based care for each patient.
● Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited: Intensive Care Units, step-downs, floor coverage; assessment and treatment of patients with cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal, and neurological impairments; initiation and management of invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation.
● Assisting providers with intubations and airway emergencies SEPTEMBER 2021 - MARCH 2022
Maxim Healthcare Staffing, The Hospitals of Providence Sierra Campus-EL Paso, TX -Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist
● Short-term contract for COVID crisis relief at a Level 3 Trauma Center
● Manage and care of med-surgical respiratory floor patients by providing varied forms of respiratory therapies including medication administration and airway clearance.
● Management of mechanically ventilated patients in the acute critical care setting, including post-op heart patients.
● Familiar with arterial lines
FEBRUARY 2021 - DECEMBER 2021
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, San Valley, CA- Registered Respiratory Therapist
● Helping patients suffering from cardiopulmonary disorders to overcome breathing difficulties and enhance the quality of their life .
● Working in collaboration with physicians and nurses to create effective treatment plans for patients.
● Working to educate and treat patients with respiratory issues, handling all clinical applications of respiratory care. Tested, adjusted and applied oxygen. JULY 2018 - APRIL 2021
Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Los Angeles, CA- Registered Respiratory Therapist
● Provide care for long term acute care patients.
● Responsabile for airway management, trach care, trach exchanges.
● Provided patient education on breathing techniques.
● Collaborated with physicians and nurses in weaning of chronically critically ill patients by practicing efficient mechanical ventilation management.
● Measured arterial blood gasses.
DECEMBER 2014 - NOVEMBER 2019
Kindred Hospital, Los Angeles, CA- Registered Respiratory Therapist
● Provided respiratory care to patients in ICU and med-surg floors. 3
● Ventilator management in collaboration with the healthcare team, intubation assistance.
● Aerosol and airway clearance therapies.
● Tracheostomy care and management
● Performing 12 lead EKGs
DECEMBER 2013 - DECEMBER 2014
Sorrento in the Desert, Palmdale, CA- Registered Respiratory Therapist
● Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, O2 air compressor management and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
● Trach care management, bedside assessment.
MARCH 2010 - MAY 2014
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), North Hollywood, CA- Healthcare Provider
● Improve quality of care for the Department of Public Social Services by assisting those in need with any domestic services needed to help them remain safe in their homes.
AUGUST 2014 - MAY 2015
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA- Volunteer in the Emergency Department
● Enhance the quality of patient care by aiding nursing staff in rendering physical assistance to patients and extending warmth, friendliness and compassion to patients.
● Greet and direct arrivals to the unit, i.e. patients, staff, visitors, etc. Education
APRIL 2011 - OCTOBER 2012
Concorde Career College, North Hollywood, CA- Associates of Science Degree in Advanced Respiratory Therapy
Equipment
● PB 980, PB 840, Vella Diamond, Trilogy, LTV 2000, Philips V60, Drager V500, ResMed, REMstar, High Flow devices such as Airvo, Vapotherm. Electronic Health Records
● Epic, Cerner, Meditech, ProTouch
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