Manager, Respiratory Care

About the Role

Clinical Managers are transformational, transparent, and tribal leaders who advocate for and allocate available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe, and compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice. They promote shared decision-making and professional autonomy while implementing the vision, mission, philosophy, core values, evidence-based practice, and standards of the organization within their defined areas of responsibility. Clinical Managers lead robust performance improvement and high-reliability projects both unit-based and department-wide.

Responsibilities

Administrative Leadership

• Demonstrates transformational, transparent, and tribal leadership.
• Leads robust performance improvement and high-reliability initiatives at both hospital-wide and department levels to improve outcomes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of job standards and key requirements for each staff position, holding subordinates accountable.
• Provides feedback, counseling, and corrective action to assigned staff as appropriate.
• Conducts performance evaluations for assigned staff as defined by HR.
• Conducts outcomes-focused rounding on all employees, providing feedback and motivation for improved outcomes.
• Supports peer review systems with mechanisms for staff input into their own evaluations.
• Provides structure and opportunity for staff to establish and accomplish their goals.
• Delegates appropriate responsibility and accountability for designated management activities.
• Promotes unit-based Care Innovation and Transformation.
• Conducts regular leadership and staff meetings.
• Provides opportunities for staff participation in respiratory and hospital-based activities, including councils and task forces.
• Monitors staff to ensure they maintain or achieve necessary competencies for their job functions.
• Supports professionalism through ethical conduct, appearance, positive communication, attendance, and accountability.
• Participates in councils, task forces, and special projects as assigned or requested.
• Ensures organizational strategic goals and unit goals are communicated to staff and achieved.
• Ensures care delivery aligns with the TCHHN Professional Practice Model.

Operations

• Provides 24/7 operational oversight of the department unless on paid time off and covered by another leader.
• Ensures personnel are scheduled to meet the needs of assigned areas of responsibility.
• Oversees and shares transparent staffing within the organization.
• Develops and implements models of patient care delivery maximizing resources and productivity while respecting individual rights, preferences, ethnicity, culture, and diversity.
• Ensures a safe and therapeutic environment is maintained for patients, personnel, physicians, and visitors.
• Fills staff vacancies in a timely manner.
• Establishes work goals or quantitative/qualitative standards to be achieved with staff input.
• Maintains flexible work hours and environment encouraging small tests of change to improve outcomes.
• Ensures the respiratory process is utilized in care delivery.
• Ensures processes are documented per policy for new hires, float, and agency personnel receiving appropriate and timely orientation.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of unit operations, quality, and level of care.
• Works collaboratively with physician leadership to direct operational and clinical improvements.
• Conducts and facilitates robust, high-reliability performance assessment and improvement activities.
• Informs risk manager and leadership of serious or potentially serious patient/visitor problems and issues as soon as identified.
• Coordinates nursing care with other healthcare disciplines and assists in integrating services across the continuum of health care.

Finance

• Identifies and quantifies resources needed to support patient care activities in areas of assigned responsibility.
• Works to comply with productivity standards.
• Participates in the zero-based budgeting process and monitors performance by pay period.
• Continuously looks for and implements strategies to reduce cost while maintaining quality and workforce goals.
• Balances patient needs, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Prepares and participates in finance budget meeting presentations for areas of responsibility.
• Stays current on healthcare finance and reimbursement issues.
• Manages, prioritizes, and organizes work through objectives leading to goal attainment.
• Demonstrates business acumen.
• Relates budget to organization strategic plan.

Professional Development

• Maintains and seeks responsibility for self-development.
• Participates in hospital leadership programs.
• Participates in regular talent development programs.
• Networks with colleagues to share ideas, trends, and innovations in areas of responsibility.
• Maintains membership and association in professional respiratory organizations, incorporating standards into operations to keep current with evidence-based practice.
• Shares knowledge and information with peers, nursing managers, and encourages changes in practice based on evidence-based practice.
• Appropriately represents respiratory and/or the hospital in the community and participates in organizationally sponsored community events.
• Assists staff in developing professionally through pursuit of additional education, professional advancement, and certifications.
• Seeks out opportunities for and supports community service activities.

Requirements

• Graduate from a CoARC accredited school of Respiratory Care.
• BS in Respiratory Care, Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences, Business, or other similar degree is required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years in clinical respiratory practice.
• One (1) year experience in a leadership position.

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of respiratory, healthcare, and organizational systems and strategies.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in robust process improvement, performance improvement, principles of high reliability, and just culture.
• Knowledge of Joint Commission Standards and other external organizations related to healthcare evaluation and accreditation.
• Experience with methodologies and processes related to organizational financial viability.
• Well-developed communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Respiratory Licensure from the medical board in the state of OH.
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by NBRC.
• Graduate of a CoARC-approved School of Respiratory Care and current respiratory licensure in the state of employment.
• Membership in professional organizations is required.
• BLS certification is required prior to patient contact.
• ACLS certification preferred.