The Manager is responsible and accountable for provision of comprehensive respiratory care throughout HealthAlliance Hospitals, including:

• Maintaining the department's strategic plan and fiscal/resource management;
• Facilitating quality patient care by continuing to update clinical knowledge base;
• Providing leadership, acting as a resource;
• Promoting clinical competence;
• Participating in attainment and development of qualified staff;
• Evaluate, assess, and treat patients, on a routine basis and as needed;
• Coordinating ongoing quality improvement.

Responsibilities:

The following is a summary of the essential functions of this job. The employee may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below; and specific functions may change from time to time.

• Plans, organizes and directs the Respiratory Therapy department activities for the treatment of patients:
• Monitors and/or assigns staff based on workload
• Ensures provision of treatment, evaluation/intervention and completion of documentation.

Performs respiratory therapist duties when needed including:

• Evaluates and assesses the patient based on subjective and objective information to develop plan of care.
• Provide treatment according to established goals on treatment plan and reassess patient's status when goals are met or there is a change in the patient's condition.

Develops plan, in conjunction with Director, to support the department and the hospital including:

• Targets for quality improvement;
• Ensure appropriate use of resources

Supervises all personnel assigned to the Respiratory Therapy department:

• Tend to all human resource issues and maintain updated personnel records.
• Oversee the growth and development of the Respiratory staff to continually improve the departments human resources.
• Counsel's staff, provides for additional training as needed, and initiates all personnel action such as disciplinary steps.

Provides education and information on Respiratory Therapy services including:

• Provides accurate, adequate, and timely information to the professional staff.
• Instructs respiratory therapists and students.
• Serves as a clinical resource to staff and students.
• Acts as department expert regarding evaluation, data interpretation, and in specialty areas and treatment decisions.
• Coordinates and develops professional in-services given by staff and/or other members of the Health Care Team.
• Provides timely staff meetings and correspondence to keep the staff up to date on Departmental and Hospital issues/concerns.

Develops and maintains a departmental Quality Improvement program including:

• Maintaining appropriate clinical, operational, and staffing indicators.
• Overseeing a system for collecting data.
• Providing written and oral reports to the appropriate hospital committee or representative in a timely manner.

Provide leadership throughout the department that is consistent with the goals and objectives of the organization:

• Plans and organizes respiratory operations in collaboration with the Cardiopulmonary Director.
• Develops departmental goals and objectives to meet the growing needs of the Hospital, the medical staff, the community, and the services it provides.
• Develop policies and procedures in accordance with regulatory guidelines to provide guidance to Respiratory operations

Maintains fiscal accountability for department operations including:

• Oversees material management for the Respiratory Care Department
• Monitors FTE's and overtime for optimal use of resources.
• Oversees staff utilization to including use of Per Diem staff and On-call staff.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Education:

Completion of an accredited Associate of Science Respiratory Therapy program. Bachelors degree preferred.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years experience in a qualified Respiratory Therapy department. Two years supervisory experience preferred.

Training/License:

• Thorough knowledge of Respiratory Therapy theory, practice, appropriate technology and practice standards for area of responsibility.
• N.Y.S Respiratory Therapy License, credentialed by the NBRC as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.

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