Lead Respiratory Therapist

Night Shift Respiratory Therapist

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift: Night (United States of America)

Responsibilities

• Leads the shift
• Assures delivery of safe patient care by analyzing patients needs and skill competency level of personnel when making patient assignments
• Facilitates interdisciplinary communication and planning to ensure timely care delivery including discharge
• Communicates with direct leader any needs or concerns pertaining to patient care delivery or employee performance
• Assists in the evaluation of staff, providing input to Supervisor regarding clinical performance, teamwork, etc. of individuals.
• Assigns shift workload and preceptors
• Maintains financial stewardship in relation to productivity
• Maintains daily equipment function and calibration

Innovation and Customer Care

• Provides resources and support
• Monitors equipment inventory, location and utilization to ensure staff have tools and equipment needed to perform their job
• Assists in acquiring appropriate staffing levels.
• Provides clinical assistance to staff as necessary
• Assist with orientation & training for new employees and student clinical rotations
• Assist with annual skill competencies
• Communicates educational needs of staff (i.e. huddles, new equipment or knowledge in-services for RT staff Maintains staff education records

Professional Development

• Maintains current knowledge related to patient population to deliver the highest standard of care
• Identifies learning needs of workgroup and communicates needs to direct leader.
• Demonstrates excellence in respiratory care practice by promoting process improvement and committee participation

Exemplary Practice & Quality Outcomes

• Rounds on patients to evaluate quality and appropriateness of patient care including corrective action when needed utilizing peer coaching and accountability
• Demonstrates excellence in Respiratory Care practice by providing the highest standard of direct patient care.
• Participates in implementation and monitoring of PI, Customer Service, and Safety and Quality initiatives to improve patient care delivery
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Qualifications

Required Minimum Education: Bachelors Respiratory Therapy

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s): All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• RCP - Respiratory Care Prof
• BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• NBRC-RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist
• NBRC-RPFT - Reg Pulmonary Function Tech-Preferred or RRT-ACCS - Adult Critical Care Specialist-Preferred or RRT-NPS - Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist-Preferred or AE-C - Asthma Educator Specialist-Preferred
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program-Preferred or NRP-I - NRP - Instructor-Preferred or NRP-P - NRP-Provisional (180 Days)-Preferred within 180 Days
• PALS - Pediatric Adv Life Support or PALS-I - PALS - Instructor or PALS-P - PALS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days

Required Minimum Experience: Current advance credential with a minimum of two (2) years clinical experience to work in all critical care areas but not limited to Adult ICU, CVICU, BURN, NICU, Emergency Departments (Adult and Pediatric) as it relates each facility Required

100 credit hours towards a B.S. degree may be accepted in lieu of a Bachelor's degree

Required Minimum Skills: Strong customer service and interpersonal skills Inter and intra-departmental coordination of patient care activities Delegation skills required: Ability to multi-task essential Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations essential Strong detail orientation required Computer skills required Time management skills are required

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