Supervisor Respiratory Therapy Full Time Days

Description

Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where you’ll benefit from:

A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home
A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs
A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals

Position Summary

Assists with quality patient care in a supervisory role. Provides respiratory therapy to patients as prescribed. Helps supervise and instruct staff including students. Reports directly to Director of Cardiopulmonary Services.

Shift: Days
Hours: 0600-1830
Schedule: 3 (12) hour shifts per week. 72 hours per pay period.

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Position Accountabilities

• Oversees the work of other personnel by training, allocating, and monitoring work. Performs work of a similar nature.
• Communicates to department director those matters requiring action. Communication is timely

and appropriate. 

• Assists department director maintain departmental policies, procedures, and programs to ensure departmental effectiveness.
• Assists by supervising cardiopulmonary employees to achieve department and organizational goals.
• Assists department employees receive timely orientation to the department(s) organization and the new hire checklist is properly completed.
• Employees receive clear decisions and communication which are supportive of the organization’s strategic plan and are consistent with the sound management practices.
• Identifies and takes appropriate action regarding poor performance on a consistent basis and in compliance with Hospital policy and procedure.
• Sets an example for staff to follow that is consistent with sound management practices and compatible with the mission, values and goals of the organization.
• Solicits appropriate information and feedback from employees to improve the performance of the department.
• Establishes and maintains trust and mutual respect with peers, subordinates, superiors, and internal and external customers.
• Helps establish and clarify performance goals for department and employees.
• Assists in Quality Improvement criteria and providing in-service training for staff.
• Promotes professionalism in staff and fosters teamwork on units.

 

• Maintains current respiratory practice by attending educations programs; renewing license in a timely   manner. Evidence of recent attendance at educational programs; license has been renewed with no lapse in documentation.
• Demonstrates competence in the area of infant, adolescent, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients (when/if assigned to these patients) relative to determining each patient’s age-related and other physical, psychological and cultural needs and carrying out patient care activities. Patients/Residents are treated with sensitivity according to their needs and age.
• Complies with and supports the Safety, routine and Service Excellence accountabilities. 
• Helps ensures that department(s) operates within or above guidelines that are established by regulatory/review agencies. Demonstrates a clear understanding and compliance of Title XXII, Joint Commission and other regulatory requirements that are applicable to the department(s) key functions.
• Assists Director with implementation of department policy and procedures that are supportive of the continuous quality improvements (CQI) process and consistent with the organization’s mission, strategic plan and goals.
  • Quality improvements reports are submitted on time.
  • Solicits appropriate information and feedback from internal and external customers to improve the performance of department.
  • Provides coverage/relief for employees when they are participating on a Process Improvement Team (PIT).
  • Policy and procedure changes are defined and communicated with staff in a clear manner.
  • Encourage innovation and prudent risk taking and gives credit to employees for their ideas.
  • Interdepartmental/intradepartmental conflicts are resolved using a CQI approach.
• Supervises employees of the department to achieve department and organizational goals.
  • Helps maintain current employee files, forwarding any pertinent data to Director of Cardiopulmonary.
  • Makes rounds on Acute and CCC Respiratory Therapy units serving as a supervisor and resource staff.
• Orders and stocks respiratory supplies including special orders as assigned by department director.
• Attends required number of department meetings, LDI, educational programs, and in-service meetings.
• Helps with shift coverage and is available for on call when needed.
• Assists department director review payroll and API corrections and approvals input for payroll processing when needed.
• Assists department director with direct reports and internal customer rounding.
• Helps educate department staff to the Hospital customer service standards; i.e., Standards of Excellence, AIDET, etc. Monitors adherence to the standards and reports to director 
• Participates in peer interviews.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Physical demands: 

• Frequent prolonged standing/walking
• Pushes/pulls or moves/lifts heavy equipment/supplies

Working Conditions:

1. Subject to varying and unpredictable situations

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience:

• Associates Degree/Graduate of accredited program in respiratory therapy.
• Supervisory Experience Required
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in ICU, Med/Surg, ED and OB level 1.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in leadership role
• Current ACLS, PALS, NRP, BLS
• Current California state license 
   

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Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.