Respiratory Therapist Manager (RRT)

Select Medical; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Generous PTO

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Team of 44,000+

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital Harrisburg, part of Select Medical, seeks a Respiratory Therapy Manager to lead the respiratory therapy department, provide expert clinical guidance, and ensure regulatory compliance. The role emphasizes staff development, patient care quality, and collaboration with physicians to optimize weaning and ventilator management.

The position requires NBRC-credentialed RRT, state license, BLS, ACLS within 6 months, and an Associate's (Bachelor's preferred) in Respiratory

Qualifications

• Current State License
• Active Registered Respiratory Therapist Credential (NBRC) Required
• Proof of graduation (transcripts/diploma)
• BLS certification by start date
• ACLS within 6 months of employment

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the daily operations of the respiratory therapy department, including staff interviews, orientation, performance evaluations, training and development, and equipment/instrument issues.
• Engaging in staff recruitment, retention, and employee engagement.
• Implementing company standards of care, policies and procedures.
• Ensuring regulatory requirements are met for respiratory and point-of-care.
• Managing the clinical schedule for safe staffing.
• Maintaining clinical cost control.
• Coordinating Wean Team/Pulmonary Rounds and liaising with pulmonary physicians for weaning patients from ventilation; develop site-specific protocols as needed.
• Driving clinical excellence through staff development and continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients and families.
• Maintaining competency in Rapid Response and code events.
• Site-dependent: Lab manager over point-of-care testing and Safety Officer for Environment of Care.

Education

Associate's Degree in Respiratory Therapy

Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy

Job description

Overview

Position: Respiratory Therapy Manager

Location: Select Specialty Hospital Harrisburg

inside of UPMC Harrisburg

Schedule: Full TimeCompensation: Pay based on years of experience.

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our cultural behaviors - celebrating success, owning the future, being patient-centered, creating change, thinking first and building trust.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.

• Start Strong: Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

The Respiratory Therapy Manager is responsible for the overall function and professional growth of the respiratory therapy department. You will provide consultation with regard to pulmonary disorders and respiratory therapy practice, and you will provide quality respiratory care while ensuring the development and routine monitoring. This position also provides discipline-specific education to patients, families and staff as required, and works collaboratively with the Chief Nursing Officer to ensure that all departmental standards are met while following the appropriate standards of practice to ensure regulatory compliance.

• Overseeing the daily operations of the respiratory therapy department, to include: staff interviews, employment decision, orientation, performance evaluations, employee training and development, as well as inventory, equipment and instrument issues.
• Sharing responsibility for employee engagement, recruitment and retention.
• Implementing company standards of care, policies and procedures.
• Ensuring all regulatory requirements are met regarding respiratory and point of care.
• Creating and maintaining clinical schedule for safe staffing.
• Maintaining clinical cost control.
• Coordinating and actively participating in Wean Team/Pulmonary Rounds and maintaining a direct line of communication with pulmonary physicians to facilitate/implement and routinely monitor weaning patients from mechanical ventilation; if protocols do not exist, works toward site-specific protocol implementation.
• Steering progressive clinical excellence through staff development while promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients and their families.
• Maintaining competency in Rapid Response and code events.
• Site-Dependent: Functioning as Moderate Complexity Lab Manager over point of care testing and functioning as the Safety Officer, overseeing the Environment of Care.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Current State License.
• Active Registered Respiratory Therapist Credential (RRT) from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) Required.
• Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
• Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.
• ACLS within 6 months of employment required.

Preferred qualificationsthat will make you successful:

• Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy required, Bachelors Degree preferred.
• Five (5) years experience as a Respiratory Therapist in an Acute Care setting preferred.
• Two years supervisory experience preferred.

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans