Respiratory Therapy Manager

Select Medical; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Generous PTO

Medical, Vision & Dental

401(k) with company match

Career growth in a national network

Job summary

Select Medical's Respiratory Therapy Manager role at the Oakland campus in Pontiac, MI guides the respiratory therapy department, ensuring high-quality patient care, clinical education, and regulatory compliance. You will oversee operations, staff development, and collaboration with pulmonary teams to optimize weaning from ventilation.

The role emphasizes leadership, program development, and clinical excellence within a large, patient-centered hospital system with strong growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Current State License is required.
• Active NBRC RRT credential required.
• BLS certification by start date.
• ACLS within 6 months of employment.
• Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy required; Bachelors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the respiratory therapy department, including staff interviews, orientation, evaluations, and training, plus equipment/inventory management.
• Support employee engagement, recruitment, and retention.
• Implement and enforce standards of care, procedures, and regulatory compliance for respiratory therapy.
• Maintain staffing schedules and cost controls for the department.
• Collaborate with pulmonary physicians and Wean Team to facilitate weaning from mechanical ventilation and protocol development.

Skills

RRT Credential

Active State License

BLS Certification

ACLS within 6 months

Supervisory experience

Education

Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy

Bachelors Degree preferred

Job description

Overview

Position: Respiratory Therapy Manager

Location: Pontiac, MI

Schedule: Full Time

$15,000 Sign On Bonus

Select Specialty Hospital-Oakland 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