Respiratory Care Supervisor- Respiratory- Full Time- Night Shift

SolutionHealth; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SolutionHealth is seeking a Respiratory Care Supervisor to oversee the respiratory care team and ensure high-quality patient care across adult, pediatric, and neonatal units, including NICU, during assigned shifts.

You will lead staff, coordinate with physicians and nurses, implement protocols, and participate in quality improvement initiatives.

Shifts are 12 hours in a state-of-the-art facility, offering opportunities to mentor and train staff.

Responsibilities

• Exemplifies a professional role model.
• Holds self and others accountable.
• Coaches and mentors others.
• Communicates in a professional, respectful manner.
• Adheres to Elliot and departmental policies and procedures.
• Assists in development and implementation of protocols, policies, and training.
• Provides education to nursing and physician staff.
• Effective team contributor.
• Collaborates with peers to support new ideas and solutions.
• Participates in staff meetings, projects, cross-training, and committees.
• Supports organizational and departmental goals and strategic imperatives.
• Participates in organizing and implementing skills days.
• Collaborates with the Respiratory Manager to optimize resources and reduce costs.
• Maintains compliant timekeeping and attendance.
• Establishes accessible shift communication and monitors staffing.
• Maintains fair workload distribution and delegation.
• Rounds hospital areas to monitor patient conditions and provide point-of-care education.
• Expert resource on respiratory care equipment and modalities.
• Serves as point of contact for respiratory patient-care matters on shift.
• Identifies and participates in quality improvement initiatives using evidence-based practices.
• Reinforces and evaluates QI initiatives, collects data, analyzes results, ensures staff compliance.
• Leads the team during shifts and acts as admin contact when management not on site.
• Provides technical and clinical direction across adult, pediatric, neonatal, and emergency respiratory care.
• Monitors documentation of care quality and effectiveness per policies.
• Assists in orientation of new staff and students in equipment needs.
• Identifies and resolves equipment and supply issues.
• Provides leadership with staffing and workflow recommendations.
• Performs all duties required of a registered respiratory therapist at EHS.
• Performs all other related responsibilities assigned by the respiratory care leadership team.
• Reinforces productivity expectations for leadership team.
• Ensures attendance at patient rounds and follows up on patient condition updates.
• Ensures staff documentation and data collection of care quality.
• Ensures safe patient care per policies via quality audits.
• Provides feedback on staff performance.
• Supports RTPC governance and QI outcomes.

Job description

Come work at the best place to give and receive care!

Who We Are:

In our Respiratory Therapy department, we are committed to transforming lives through personalized care, cutting-edge techniques, and a patient-centered approach. Our state-of-the-art facility is equipped with the latest technology and resources to empower our technologists to provide the best care possible. The Respiratory Therapy Unit consist of 29 employees that provide 24/7 coverage to a patient population that ranges from Adult, Pediatric, and Infant. The unit is home to a Level 3 Neonatal team. Shifts are generally 12 hours.

About the Job:

The Respiratory Care Supervisor is a clinical expert, responsible for oversight of the respiratory care team, ensuring smooth operations and the delivery of high-quality patient to care to all ages, including the neonatal intensive care unit, during their assigned shift. The Respiratory Care Supervisor functions as an integral member of the departments management team providing clinical leadership, staff management, consultation and collaboration with physicians, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team, utilizing evidence best practice to guide respiratory care.

What You'll Do:

Exemplifies a professional role model. Holds self and others accountable. Coaches and mentor's others. Communicates in a professional, respectful manner.

Adheres to all Elliot and departmental policies and procedures.

Assists in development, revision, and implementation of protocols, clinical pathways, policies, and procedures including training and competence

Participates in providing education to other members of the healthcare team including but not limited to nursing and physician staff.

Effective team contributor. Collaborate with peers, supports new ideas and offers solutions. Participate in staff meetings, special projects, teams, outside courses, cross training, and committees. Supports organizational and departmental goals and strategic imperatives.

Participates in organizing and implementing skills days

Collaborates with the Respiratory Manager to use time and material resources effectively and contribute to expense reduction.

Mmaintains compliance with timekeeping and attendance.

Generates an accessible line of communication for the current shift. Establish monitors and adjust staffing patterns as necessary. Maintains equal and fair workload distribution and delegation.

Rounds through each area of the hospital monitoring patient conditions, assuring appropriate operation of equipment and providing point of care education.

Is an expert resource on all respiratory care related equipment and modalities, including high level, advanced strategies and procedures. Point of contact for all departments regarding any respiratory-related, patient care matters on any given shift.

Identifies and participates in quality improvement initiatives, utilizing evidenced based practices that provide measurable outcomes.

Reinforces, monitors, and evaluates quality improvement/research initiatives to enhance delivery of care including but not limited to, collecting data, analyzing results, and assuring staff compliance

Serves as the team leader during shifts when assigned to this role and acts as an administrative point of contact when no member of the management team is physically present on site.

Provides technical and clinical direction in all aspects of respiratory care including adult, pediatric, neonatal, and emergency services. Assures appropriate performance of personnel and effective implementation of all respiratory care services according to EHS and departmental policies and procedures. Responsible for monitoring appropriate documentation of the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of patient care.

Assists in direct clinical orientation of new staff, students and contracted staff in equipment needs, assessments and evaluations. Identifies and resolves equipment/supply issues. Provides the leadership team with recommendations and/or action plans regarding staffing and workflow issues.

Performs all duties required of a registered respiratory therapist at EHS.

Performs all other related responsibilities assigned by the respiratory care leadership team.

Reinforces productivity expectations of the respiratory care leadership team. Assures attendance at patient rounds by covering staff when practical and follows up with staff regarding updates in patient condition and plan.

Assures appropriate staff documentation and data collection of the quality, effectiveness and efficiency expected of EHS patient care.

Assures appropriate and safe patient care according to departmental policies and procedures through quality control audits.

Provides the respiratory care leadership team with feedback on staff performance and recommendations.

Supports the department's Shared Governance structure (RTPC) and is accountable for quality improvement outcomes.

Who You Are:

Graduate of CoARC approved accredited school for R