Respiratory Care Program Coordinator
4 days ago
As a Respiratory Care Coordinator at Kaiser Permanente, you will play a crucial role in planning, developing, and implementing high-quality Respiratory Care programs for inpatient and outpatient staff. Your primary responsibility will be to coordinate cost-effective care for patients with COPD, asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, sleep disorders, and home oxygen. You will work closely with managers, physicians, and patient care staff to identify and resolve Respiratory & Pulmonary Care system issues. Additionally, you will facilitate Respiratory & Pulmonary Care functions that expedite patients' work-up and follow-up in both hospitals and clinics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and evaluate education programs for Respiratory Therapy & Pulmonary Care staff.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate education programs for patients with pulmonary rehabilitation (COPD), asthma, and sleep disorders.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate the Blood Gas Lab program for the Respiratory Care Department Blood Gas Lab to ensure regulatory and governing body compliance.
- Communicate with Department managers and Blood Gas Laboratory peer groups to develop and maintain appropriate workflows and practices.
- Coordinate with Blood Gas Lab device vendors and Technical Support to ensure optimal device and data management software performance.
- Develop quality programs and perform maintenance to ensure optimal operation of instruments.
- Be proficient in troubleshooting, correcting, repairing, and maintaining Blood Gas Lab equipment and data management systems.
- Act as a resource to staff regarding all Blood Gas Lab education, troubleshooting, implementation, workflow, and orientation.
- Coordinate and provide ongoing in-services for equipment, procedures, and workflow for inpatient and outpatient staff.
- Coordinate and administer Annual Blood Gas Competencies for staff.
- Coordinate and administer departmental orientation for new staff.
- Coordinate patients' Plans of Care in compliance with regional best practice guidelines and in conjunction with multi-disciplinary care teams, including Asthma Action Plans and Asthma Management Plans.
- Assess status and compliance with Plans of Care for all patients with a diagnosis of Asthma after hospitalizations, Hospital Out-patient Services stays, or emergency room visits.
- Coordinate out-patient pulmonary function screenings.
- Coordinate out-patient clinic follow-up programs for patients with Asthma/COPD and sleep disorders, including phone communication, one-on-one, and group management.
- Provide in-hospital respiratory consulting to recommend education plans prior to discharge of patients to home health, nursing homes, or outpatient environments.
- Act as a resource to the healthcare team regarding patient education, occurrence reporting, and quality assessment.
- Coordinate respiratory education programs for public schools and the community, promoting continuity, developing awareness, and direction, especially for those at risk for increased pulmonary-related illnesses.
- Consistently support compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente 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 Permanente 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.
Experience
- Minimum one (1) year of Respiratory Care experience required.
- Graduate of an approved 2-year Respiratory Care Accrediting Board (RCAB) approved school, or 2-year Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) school.
- Bachelor's degree in respiratory care, or health/business care administration or management OR a minimum four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
- Basic Life Support - Instructor OR Basic Life Support
- Respiratory Care Practitioner License (California)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist Certificate from National Board of Respiratory Care
- 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.
- Respiratory Care experience in an acute care setting preferred.
- Recent experience facilitating performance improvement projects and experience planning, coordinating, and implementing programs preferred.
- Training in pulmonary functions, sleep disorders, and asthma education preferred.
- Recent experience in patient education in respiratory disease and sleep disorders preferred.
Notes:
- Experience in NICU, PICU, Adult ICU, and Educator background
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