Job Description
Job Requisition Number 33443Full-Time, 40 Hours/Week
Day Shift
Onsite
Summary:
The Director of Respiratory Care provides strategic leadership, clinical oversight, and administrative management for the Respiratory Therapy department. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based respiratory care in specialized environments, including acute care, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU),and Emergency Department including areas with indirect reporting structures such as transport and outpatient services, to ensure standardization, quality, and integration of care delivery at multiple locations across the enterprise.
Responsibilities:
1. Adds value as a key member of management; understands the business, financials, industry, customers and strategy.
2. Supervises employees, provides direction, coaches, trains and develops, and manages performance to company goals and expectations.
3. Prepares, manages, and adheres to department budget to maintain expenditure controls.
4. Plans for the delivery of care and evaluates the quality of care rendered to all adult and pediatric patients in identified areas using current respiratory technologies.
5. Strives to meet department, division goals, and hospital goals through inter and intra department collaboration and active participation on appropriate committees.
6. Works collaboratively with Department Chairs, Medical Staff and the Administrative Teams.
7. Other duties as required.
Other information:
Technical Expertise
1. Experience in respiratory therapy is required.
2. Experience in pediatrics is preferred.
3. Experience in licensing and accrediting bodies required.
4. Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
5. Experience in research and quality improvement initiatives preferred.
6. Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.
Education and Experience
1. Education: Master's degree in Respiratory Therapy or related field is required.
2. Certification: Registered Respiratory Therapist [RRT] is required, Current Health Care Provider BLS certification is required.
3. Years of relevant experience: 5 years is required.
4. Years of leadership experience: 3 years is required.
Full Time
FTE: 1.000000
Status: Onsite
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