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Job Description

Business Unit: Rush Oak Park

Hospital: Rush Oak Park Hospital

Department: Respiratory Therapy

**Work Type:** Full Time (Total FTE 1.0)

**Shift:** Rotating

**Work Schedule:** 8 Hr (6:00 AM - 5:30 AM)

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**Pay Range:** $50.15 - $81.62 per hour

Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

Summary:

The Mgr, Respiratory plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, and controls the activities of one of three sections within the Respiratory Care Services Department and the Pulmonary Laboratory. The Mgr, Respiratory provides supervision of the Pulmonary Function Technologists, Respiratory Care Practitioners, and Respiratory Service Technicians including scheduling, staff assignments, adjustment of staff levels, and daily operations. Responsible for selection, maintenance, and quality assurance of equipment, procedures, and supplies. The Mgr, Respiratory is responsible for respiratory care operations in the general medical/surgical and adult critical care units.

Other information:

Required Job Qualifications:

• Diagnostics Section: Five years of clinical experience with significant pulmonary function background and supervisory experience; Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) and Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT).

• Adult Section: Five years of clinical experience with significant adult critical care background and supervisory experience; Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) and BLS and ACLS certified.

• Pediatric/Neonatal Section: Five years of clinical experience with significant perinatal-pediatric background and supervisory experience; Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Neonatal Pediatric Specialty (NPS) credential, and PALS and NRP certified.

• Illinois Respiratory Care Practitioner license.

• Master degree.

• Intermediate human resources management skills as evidenced through prior supervisory training and experience.

• Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills needed to maintain constructive working relationships within the department.

• Technical skills are required to adapt equipment to patient needs and troubleshoot equipment.

• Analytical skills are required to effectively meet the needs of patients, families, and members of the healthcare team on a regular basis.

• Intermediate desktop computer skills required to communicate electronically, work with word processing and spreadsheet applications, clinical information management systems, and system design.

• Highly adaptable to respond to changing workloads and priorities.

• A high level of patience and empathy is required for personnel management.

• Highly adaptable to change and be able to support and carry out change initiatives.

• Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Physical Demands:

• Standing, walking, pushing, and bending for 50% of the day.

Responsibilities:

1. Determines what, why, where, by whom, when, and how things should be done.

2. Structures the framework within which things get done and determines how best to commit available resources.

3. Assigns resources to accomplish tasks; motivates the workforce to complete duties effectively and efficiently.

4. Coordinates the activities of the department by prioritizing and integrating tasks in effective sequences.

5. Follows-up to assure that tasks are completed and initiates corrective action to achieve outcomes.

6. Assures department staff complies with hospital and department policies, procedures, and rules.

7. Assures employees are properly orientated and required competencies are complete and timely.

8. Directs, monitors, and evaluates clinical and operational aspects of the lab.

9. Facilitates efficient and cost effective patient care based on individual patient needs.

10. Assures compliance with regulatory agencies.

11. Serves as a patient care consultant; assures maintenance of current clinical practice standards; develops and revises policies and procedures; benchmarks to ATS, AARC, and CAP; functions as a Shift Coordinator, Advanced Practitioner, Pulmonary Function Technologist or Respiratory Care Practitioner as applicable and required.

12. Initiates CQI/QA activities; monitors QI via audits and other techniques, develops corrective action plans, maintains accountability for the quality of services provided; collaborates with Respiratory Care Services, Pulmonary Lab, medical staff, nursing, and other clinical and non-clinical departments in the evaluation and improvement of patient care.

13. Monitors billing, coding, expenses, and revenues as applicable to the department or section; in conjunction with department director, prepares annual budgets.

14. Systematically monitors and evaluates clinical and administrative issues; promotes interdisciplinary cooperation.

15. Develops staff schedule; assigns employee work, assures acceptable productivity of employees through the use of productivity measurement tools, adjusts workloads, staffing assignments, and staffing levels based on patient acuity, productivity analysis, and workload measurement.

16. Counsels and disciplines employees; makes recommendations regarding advancement, demotion and termination. Interviews applicants and makes hiring recommendations; conducts trial period evaluations and annual employee evaluations; develops employees through job performance assessment, counseling, and objective setting; helps employees achieve medical center goals and personal goals; mentors staff who express a desire for increased responsibility and/or exhibit management potential.

17. Monitors supply and equipment use; makes recommendations for supply and equipment purchases.

18. Develops self and employees; facilitates teamwork; encourages decision making at the staff level; pursues and facilitates educational opportunities.

19. Projects professionalism through actions; leads department by example; holds staff accountable for their behavior relative to department and medical center standards of conduct.

20. Coordinates the lab processes and procedures associated with research projects.

21. Develops customer service strategies; provides exemplary customer service; leads department by example; holds staff accountable for employee and customer relations.

22. Assures that work is documented timely, completely, and accurately, including documentation in the medical record, documentation in the patient medical record, documentation in department records, and patient billing.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

**Position** Manager, Respiratory

**Location** US:IL:Oak Park

**Req ID** 19332