Associate Clinical Manager RT

Children's Hospital Colorado; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 90,900 - 136,350; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

Wellness program

Education benefit

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs is seeking an Associate Clinical Manager to oversee the RT Shared Services department. You will implement unit policies, lead care teams, and ensure regulatory compliance while managing staffing and multidisciplinary collaboration.

The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, professional development, and execution of quality initiatives, with relocation assistance available and a focus on patient-family outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Three (3) years’ experience in a Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care setting.
• Two (2) years’ experience in a pediatric/neonatal critical care setting with two (2) years respiratory care supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manages the implementation and maintenance of unit/department specific policies, procedures, and guidelines while ensuring consistency with evidence-based practice and organizational policies, standards, and procedures.
• Leads unit/department team members in providing direct patient care by demonstrating expert clinical knowledge and promoting the application of the Evidence-Based, Professional Practice Model and Professional Standards in daily work.
• Interprets and explains regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to team members and ensures compliance with applicable quality and safety initiatives and practices.
• Ensures staffing resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and unit needs.
• Partners with a multidisciplinary team in meeting the clinical needs of patients and families.
• Round with patients, families and team members to promote a quality patient family.
• Resolves operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
• Assists team members in achieving unit outcomes, performance and professional development standards; identifies opportunities for continual improvement.
• Champions clinical practice and professional growth by working with department educator to meet the educational needs of the unit/department and by monitoring and evaluating team member competencies. Develops, coaches, and evaluates team members.
• Mentors team members in creating/evaluating projects focused on improving clinical practice in line with unit initiatives and organizational goals.
• Provides feedback to Clinical Manager/Director on decisions involving hiring, terminations, promotions, and disciplinary actions as required.
• Sensitive to expenditures for unit/department and participates in the development of budget recommendations.
• Position requires regular and predictable attendance. Employee is held accountable for all duties of this job.
• Collaborates with Director, clinical manager, and HR in the hiring, promotion, disciplinary and termination process.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Job Overview

The Associate Clinical Manager is responsible for managing a unit/department by implementing and maintaining specific policies, procedures, and guidelines; leading team members in providing direct patient care by demonstrating expert clinical knowledge; ensuring compliance with quality and safety initiatives and practices; and partnering with a multidisciplinary team in meeting the clinical needs of patients and families. The Associate Clinical Manager also provides leadership and management to unit/department team members. Finally, the Associate Clinical Manager in periods when volumes are high and mandates, will serve as the charge therapist by preparing schedules and assigning team members to patients, overseeing the general flow of patient care and serving as a liaison to the resource therapists.

Job Information

Department: RT Shared Services, Colorado Springs Hospital

Job Status: Full-time, benefit eligible (80 hours per pay period)

Shift: Days (Weekend/Holidays as needed)

This position is eligible for relocation assistance if moving from 100 miles or greater.

Essential Functions

• Manages the implementation and maintenance of unit/department specific policies, procedures, and guidelines while ensuring consistency with evidence-based practice and organizational policies, standards, and procedures.
• Leads unit/department team members in providing direct patient care by demonstrating expert clinical knowledge and promoting the application of the Evidence-Based, Professional Practice Model and Professional Standards in daily work.
• Interprets and explains regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to team members and ensures compliance with applicable quality and safety initiatives and practices.
• Ensures staffing resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and unit needs.
• Exercises sensitivity to current and emerging operational needs of the department through flexibility with working hours and attention to desired outcomes.
• Partners with a multidisciplinary team in meeting the clinical needs of patients and families.
• Round with patients, families and team members to promote a quality patient family.
• Resolves operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
• Assists team members in achieving unit outcomes, performance and professional development standards; identifies opportunities for continual improvement.
• Champions clinical practice and professional growth by working with department educator to meet the educational needs of the unit/department and by monitoring and evaluating team member competencies. Develops, coaches, and evaluates team members.
• Mentors team members in creating/evaluating projects focused on improving clinical practice in line with unit initiatives and organizational goals.
• Provides feedback to Clinical Manager/Director on decisions involving hiring, terminations, promotions, and disciplinary actions as required.
• Sensitive to expenditures for unit/department and participates in the development of budget recommendations.
• Position requires regular and predictable attendance. Employee is held accountable for all duties of this job.
• Collaborates with Director, clinical manager, and HR in the hiring, promotion, disciplinary and termination process.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

Experience: Three (3) years’ experience in a Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care setting.

Equivalency: Two (2) years’ experience in a pediatric/neonatal critical care setting with two (2) years respiratory care supervision.

Certification(s)

• Registered Respiratory Therapist by National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC), required.
• Neonatal-Pediatric Respiratory Care Specialist certification (RRT-NPS) by the NBRC, required within one (1) year of hire.
• Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT) or Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT) credential required only in the outpatient pulmonary function lab setting. Must obtain within one (1) year of hire.
• BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least six (6) months left before expiration is required upon hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required.

Licensure(s)

Colorado Respiratory Therapist License

Professional Membership(s)

Active membership in the American Association of Respiratory Care.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $90,900.58 to $136,350.88

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.