SUPV RESPIRATORY

Position Summary

Supervises clinical staff in conjunction with performing clinician duties in a role model methodology.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates daily work assignments and prepares schedule for clinical staff.
• Maintains staffing levels to ensure adequate number of personnel are scheduled to provide patient care.
• Aids in collecting quality assurance data.
• Communicates directly with staff and management.
• Assists in evaluating patients and communicating results to other therapists, nursing staff, and physicians.
• Mentors respiratory staff and orient new employees.
• Ensures clinical competence of all personnel performing respiratory care procedures.
• Performs assigned tasks and uses equipment with skill and accuracy.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Conducts in-service education under the direction of the manager.
• Manages personnel, including staff placement, discipline, interviewing, and orientation.
• Assists with performance appraisals and goal setting.
• Maintains department compliance with regulatory agency requirements.
• Acts as a liaison between patients and other customers, providing timely and accurate communication and problem resolution.
• Collaborates with the Manager/Director to identify staff learning needs, ensure participation, and evaluate clinical competency.
• Collaborates with others to determine product standardization as needed.
• Remains mentally alert and maintains concentration with attention to detail for prolonged periods, at times under stress.
• Maintains adaptability, flexibility, initiative, persistence, and efficiency of time management and action.
• Does not pose a direct threat to health or safety of self or others.
• Provides safe, efficient, competent care to the assigned population.
• Maintains compliance with MMC Environment of Care Standards.
• Fulfills policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Completes required education assignments annually.
• Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Assists with daily operations including: interdisciplinary meetings, department statistics, payroll, charges, and supply/equipment inventory.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
• Minimum Experience: A minimum of three (3) years' clinical experience.
• Licensure Requirements: Licensed in the State of Tennessee as a Registered Respiratory Therapist with ABG endorsement, and valid RRT credential by the National Board of Respiratory Care is required. CPR required.