Manager Pulmonary Function Lab

About the role

This PFT Manager position is Full Time- 40 hours a week.

Responsibilities

• Affirms twenty-four hour accountability for department operations, ensuring care is equitable, timely, effective, efficient and safe.
• Ensures optimal patient and family experience.
• Recruits, mentors and retains engaged staff.
• Maintains collaborative partnerships with all disciplines.
• Foster an environment that utilizes evidence based practice and research to adopt and implement innovative care practices.
• Create a culture of safety that promotes team building and relationships.
• Maintain environment and ensure compliance with all regulatory standards.
• Participate in planning for research activities required to be performed in laboratories.
• Develops and manages annual operating budget for unit, managing financial resources to budget and educating team on financial implications of patient care decisions.
• Ensure participation in educational programs to foster goal attainment to organization initiatives, competencies and harm prevention.
• Create the operational objectives, goals, and specific strategies required to achieve strategic outcome.
• Use technology to support improvement of clinical and financial performance; identify technology trends, issues and new developments as they apply to patient care.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required.
• Master's Degree Preferred.
• At least five (5) years experience in the field of pulmonary function testing.
• At least three (3) years experience in the care of neonatal/pediatric patients.
• At least four (4) years supervisory/leadership experience.
• Respiratory Therapist (Pennsylvania)- Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire.
• Osteopathic Respiratory Therapist (Pennsylvania) Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) National Board for Respiratory Care upon hire.
• Registered Pulmonary Function Tech (RPFT) National Board for Respiratory Care upon hire.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, excellent leadership ability, excellent judgment, self-motivated, independent thinker.
• Demonstrates high standards of professionalism.
• Demonstrates behaviors that exemplify Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.