Manager Respiratory Therapy

JOB SUMMARY Directs respiratory care to adult and/or pediatric patients by developing, monitoring and evaluating respiratory care in conjunction with the interdisciplinary care team; participates in developing staff and accomplishing departmental and institutional objectives. Assists with the management of the adult and geriatric respiratory patient population. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS IDENTIFIES PATIENT RESPIRATORY CARE REQUIREMENT By establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements and as a clinician by assessing patients' conditions, preadmission, upon admission and at regular intervals during assigned shift integrating patient information to facilitate holistic patient care and assist case management with discharge arrangements. PLANS, IMPLEMENTS AND EVALUATES CARE By setting goals associated with the pulmonary-ventilator program, collaborating and communicating with the medical staff and health-care team, patients and families acting on physician's orders and patient need in a timely manner documenting interventions and responses revising care plans based on patient response. PROVIDES INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE TEAM By meeting them explaining the role of the manager providing educational information in conjunction with direct care providers related to treatments, procedures, and continuing care requirements answering questions and requests. MONITORS DELIVERY OF CARE By completing patient rounds and evaluating the effectiveness of the pulmonary-ventilator program coaching and collaborating with staff and physicians to make changes in program protocols and individual plans of care to achieve the targeted outcomes producing outcome reports reviewing the plan with patients in conjunction with direct care providers and maintaining ongoing communication with care management regarding variances from the care plan or transfer/discharge plan. LEADS HEALTH CARE FACILITY STAFF By recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment maintaining core staffing requirements for departments developing, policies, procedures, and productivity standards communicating job expectations coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees planning, monitoring and appraising job results developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, setting expectations for best practices implementation. FACILITATES MARKETING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PROGRAM By establishing personal networks identifying consumer requirements, defining the market and working closely with administrators to promote and educate program assists liaison staff as requested with clinical expertise. ASSURES QUALITY OF CARE By fostering practices that adhere to the hospital's philosophy, goals and standards of care identifying process improvements that will lead to targeted outcomes measuring outcomes against patient care goals and standards making or recommending necessary adjustments actively participating and leading any programmatic research initiatives and assuring departmental adherence to applicable licensure regulations, government regulations and other accreditation standards. PROTECTS SELF, CO-WORKERS, AND PATIENTS By interpreting and implementing policies and procedures to prevent the spread of blood borne and/or airborne diseases by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, and equipment cleaning and storage procedures. By complying with procedures, rules and regulations keeping patient rooms and supply areas in a neat and orderly fashion cleaning assigned equipment or areas according to procedure. RESPECTS PATIENTS By recognizing their rights providing emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual support maintaining confidentiality. ENSURES OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES By recommending patient care equipment and supplies most suitable to patient need acting as an educational liaison to instruct clinical staff on the safe operation of equipment, following manufacturers instructions troubleshooting malfunctions; processing requisitions for repair maintaining equipment inventories and acting as the liaison to the contracted biomedical service for respiratory equipment. MAINTAINS PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE By attending educational workshops reviewing professional publications participating in professional societies maintaining BLS/ACLS attending required annual inservices attending at least 80% of staff meetings documenting professional development on associate education record conducting annual learning sessions in collaboration with clinical educator, identifies learning needs and seeks professional improvement. CONTRIBUTES TO THE TEAM EFFORT By accomplishing related results as needed, follows through on delegated tasks, responds to coworkers requests for assistance, demonstrates behaviors as defined by the GSSH code of conduct and acts as a resource and/or leader when the need arises. PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD SHEPHERD AS A SYSTEM By volunteering as a representative of Good Shepherd at community events acting as a preceptor for new associates or students communicating performance outcomes and results responding to change in a constructive, positive manner. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education Associate's Degree in Respiratory Therapy required Bachelor's Degree preferred Work Experience 5-7 years of acute care/rehab adult experience required and pediatric experience preferred 1 year experience overseeing and scheduling respiratory care staff in healthcare setting preferred Licenses / Certifications Respiratory Therapist license required Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required