NICU Clinical Lead Respiratory Therapist

About the role

The Lead Respiratory Therapist serves as the on-site Clinical Leader, providing professional leadership and managing the Respiratory Therapy personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional leadership in the development and delivery of patient care.
• Uses "AIDET" principles when interfacing/treating every patient throughout the organization.
• Serves as a consultant, resource person, and role model representing respiratory care in health system committees or work groups as needed.
• Facilitates good rapport and cooperative relationships approaching conflict in a constructive manner.
• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, employees, and visitors to Trinity Health.
• Assigns and coordinates daily work assignments of respiratory care personnel.
• Facilitates orientation/precepting, training programs, skill updates and procedure reviews for staff.
• Functions as a clinical expert in adapting cardiopulmonary therapy and procedures to neonates, children and adolescents, adults, and geriatrics.
• Performs non-routine procedures including but not limited to assisting, set-up and monitoring of the intra-aortic balloon pump device (Ann Arbor), attending infant deliveries and bedside pulmonary function testing.
• Participates in patient rounds ensuring treatments/therapies/diagnostic testing is provided in accordance with physician orders and approved medical protocols.
• Ensures that equipment is in safe operating condition and contacts repair personnel and alerts the Lead Therapists as appropriate.
• Absorbs and communicates the 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 in collaboration with the Medical Director, Departmental Director, Manager, Education Coordinator, and staff.
• 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.

Skills

• Charge Respiratory Therapist will consistently exhibit interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate with department leadership, staff, patients, physicians and other health personnel during all situations and in line with our mission and values.
• Charge Respiratory Therapist will have and utilize analytical skills necessary to identify patient’s needs.
• Charge Respiratory Therapist will possess and exhibit the ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail for up to 100% of work time.
• Ability to walk and stand for approximately 60% of work time and to lift, pull, push and carry portable equipment weighing up to 20 pounds.

Benefits

Our Commitment Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.