Lead Respiratory Therapist

About the role

The Lead Respiratory Therapist serves as the on-site Clinical Leader, providing professional leadership and facilitating staff assignments.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional leadership in the development and delivery of patient care.
• Uses "AIDET" principles when interfacing/treating every patient.
• Serves as a consultant, resource person, and role model.
• Facilitates good rapport and cooperative relationships.
• Assigns and coordinates daily work assignments of respiratory care personnel.
• Coordinates departmental response to cardiopulmonary arrest situations, and other emergency situations.
• Facilitates orientation/precepting, training programs, skill updates and procedure reviews for staff.
• Maintains adequate levels of cardiopulmonary equipment and supplies.
• Performs non-routine procedures including but not limited to assisting, set-up and monitoring of the intra-aortic balloon pump device (Ann Arbor).
• Participates in patient rounds.
• Absorbs and communicates Electronic medical record at the Super user level.
• Leads a department work group and/or actively participates in a collaborative work group.
• Assists in collecting and reviewing quality assurance data and planning appropriate quality improvement plans.
• Adapts educational & training materials to the needs of age specific populations.
• Provides feedback and/or initiating disciplinary actions in day-to-day operations with staff and/or education coordinator when applicable.
• Assists with development and revision of departmental policies and procedures.
• Assists Manager/Director with interviewing and hiring.
• Actively involved in coordinating, and collaboration of respiratory care related research activities, data collection, quality assurance etc.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a two-year advanced practitioner -Accredited Respiratory Therapist program: Registry eligible.
• Bachelor’s degree Preferred.
• Maintains current “RRT” Registered Respiratory Therapist credential.
• Maintains valid State of Michigan License in Respiratory Care.
• 2-3 years related work experience.
• Respiratory Care Leadership experience preferred.