Supervisor Respiratory Therapy Inpatient, ECMO /FT, nights

About the role

The Respiratory Therapy Clinical Supervisor is a registered respiratory therapist responsible for promoting quality care, overseeing department operations, and leading the respiratory therapy team.

Responsibilities

• Defines operational standards and organizes department-level activities to achieve optimal service delivery/systems/care/processes.
• Holds self and others accountable to meet stated objectives, adhering to standards even in unforeseen circumstances.
• Performs supervisory functions on behalf of the respiratory therapy department.
• Ensures staff provides good customer service according to departmental and company standards.
• Demonstrates professional development and leadership related to the role and its impact within the RT department and hospital wide.
• Maintains assigned staff's adherence to standards of care and licensure requirements.
• Prioritizes and coordinates daily work activities, provides leadership and guidance, trains and oversees employees, conducts performance management, and participates in personnel actions.
• Ensures cost-effective use of resources by managing staff allocation and supplies, ensuring compliance with quality assurance, safety practices, policies, and recordkeeping standards, and assisting with business plans and budget development.
• Supervises and performs respiratory therapy treatments, sets up and operates devices, administers therapeutic gases, monitors patient responses, educates patients/families, and completes competency tests.
• Maintains respiratory therapy equipment and documents patient information.
• Performs emergency care and supports team efforts.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited AMA-approved school of respiratory care.
• Bachelor's degree from an AMA-approved accredited school in respiratory care preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years experience as an RT, including at least 3 years in pediatrics.
• Minimum of 1 year supervisory experience.
• RCP - Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner.
• CRT - Certified Respiratory Therapist.
• RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist.
• RRT-NPS - Registered Respiratory Therapist Neonatal/Pediatric (RRT-NPS).
• BLS - Health Services\BCLS - Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association.
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support.

Qualifications

• Licenses and certifications as listed above.
• Leadership skills including communication, organizational, time management, coping, motivation, problem-solving, autonomy, and supporting the team.

Skills and Abilities

• Leadership skills including communication, organizational skills, time management, coping skills, motivation, problem-solving, autonomy, and supporting the team.

Benefits

Children’s is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

FT, 7:00 pm - 7:30 am