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Job Overview

The Lakes Medical Center Respiratory Care Manager has accountability for the management of people, finances, and business operations for Respiratory Care, Pulmonary Diagnostics, and EKG. The Manager assures that customers are the focus of all business activities and that employee satisfaction is the essential ingredient within all efforts. Ensures that high quality services are provided within professional regulatory and accrediting body standards, and that overall clinical performance meets or exceeds best practice benchmarks. Develops and administers policies and procedures, operating and capital budgets. This position will mainly be at Fairview's Lakes Medical Center location but weekly travel to Fairview's Northland Medical Center locaiton will be required as well.

Job Expectations:

Manages people

+ Values the uniqueness within and respects the differences between individuals

+ Actively recruits and hires people to create a diverse and complementary team.

+ Models appreciation and acceptance of differences.

+ Provides a welcoming and supportive environment.

+ Creates and maintains a communication system to assure all employees have relevant, timely, and appropriate information.

+ Establishes and reviews expectations that guide, motivate and hold people accountable.

+ Provides feedback and coaching on an ongoing basis.

+ Conducts fair, accurate and timely performance reviews.

+ Discovers the aspirations and talents of employees and assists them in realizing their goals.

+ Knows what satisfies employees.

+ Continuously takes action to enhance employee satisfaction.

+ Improves overall employee satisfaction results.

**Manages finances** .

+ Demonstrates knowledge of the financial picture of healthcare.

+ Helps others understand and respond to the financial status of Fairview.

+ Develops the budget and manages within budget parameters.

+ Demonstrates effective stewardship of limited resources.

+ Demonstrates ongoing fiscal responsiveness within and outside area of responsibility.

+ Involves staff and stakeholders in cost reduction efforts.

+ Creates new business ideas by thinking outside the box.

Manages business operations.

+ Analyzes the work within and between units, departments, and services. See the big picture.

+ Uses quality improvement tools and techniques to assess work issues and make improvements.

+ Uses systems thinking to understand the unintended consequences of decisions.

+ Recognizes and addresses opportunities for improvement.

+ Uses best practices information to set stretch goals.

+ Sets appropriate priorities among competing demands.

+ Creatively manages resources and staffing issues.

+ Meets all regulatory requirements.

+ Uses available information technology to support day-to-day work operations.

+ Participates in a variety of committees.

Focuses on customers.

+ Understands the importance of customer service.

+ Sets an example of exemplary customer service.

+ Continuously builds customer understanding by listening to customers.

+ Anticipates customer needs, including those with different cultural needs and desires.

+ Takes action to meet and exceed the needs of all customer groups.

+ Continuously implements strategies to improve customer satisfaction.

+ Improves overall customer satisfaction results.

Provides technical expertise and acts as liaison for Respiratory Care Standard of Practice, Equipment, Policies and Procedures.

+ Acts as a resource consultant to other health care professionals.

+ Manages acquisition of new monitoring systems.

Use communication strategies to achieve desirable outcomes.

+ Communicates verbal and written information in a clear, concise, accurate, and timely manner.

+ Communicates effectively with all members of the health care team.

Organization Expectations, as applicable:

+ Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served

+ Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making.

+ Communicates in a respective manner.

+ Ensures a safe, secure environment.

+ Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs.

+ Modifies clinical interventions based on population served.

+ Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver.

+ Fulfills all organizational requirements

+ Completes all required learning relevant to the role

+ Complies with and maintains knowledge of all relevant laws, regulation, policies, procedures and standards.

+ Fosters a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking.

+ Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Education

+ Bachelor’s Degree in healthcare related field within 2 years of starting in role

Experience

+ 5 years respiratory care experience

+ 1 year healthcare supervisory/leadership

License/Certification/Registration

+ Current Registered Respiratory Therapist with the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC)

+ Current Minnesota Licensed Respiratory Therapist (MN Board of Medical Practice)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience

+ EEG, EKG, EMG experience

License/Certification/Registration

+ Basic Life Support (BLS)

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www..fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted pay range is for a 40-hour workweek (1.0 FTE). The actual rate of pay offered within this range may depend on several factors, such as FTE, skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization values pay equity and considers the internal equity of our team when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status