SHIFT LEADER RRT

Covenant Health; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan assistance

Certification bonuses

Leadership development programs

Job summary

Covenant Health in Knoxville, TN, is seeking a Shift Leader Registered Respiratory Therapist. In this full-time role, you will provide critical care to patients with respiratory insufficiency and lead a team of respiratory staff. Your responsibilities include performing respiratory therapy procedures, mentoring, documentation, and ensuring quality care. Candidates should hold a valid RRT credential, state license, and have 3-5 years of experience in the field.

Qualifications

• Must meet standards for RRT credential.
• 3-5 years of experience preferred.
• Valid RRT credential and Tennessee state license required.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for patients with respiratory issues.
• Demonstrate respiratory care competency annually.
• Assist in emergency situations effectively.
• Document patient assessments and therapy responses.
• Mentor respiratory staff and orient new employees.

Skills

Respiratory therapy skills

Emergency response capability

Effective communication skills

Mechanical ventilation proficiency

Patient care assessment

Job description

Overview

Shift Leader Registered Respiratory Therapist

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a 444-bed hospital recognized for pairing clinical expertise with advanced medical technology to deliver exceptional care. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, we provide leading‑edge treatment for stroke recovery. Our facility also offers specialized services in bariatric surgery, robotic surgery, minimally invasive spine procedures, and advanced orthopedic care.

Fort Sanders Regional is part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee’s largest nonprofit health system and a Becker’s “Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare.” Covenant Health includes nine hospitals and nearly 150 service locations, offering employees a comprehensive benefits package with tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, certification bonuses, and leadership development programs.

Position Summary:

Provides care to patients with respiratory insufficiency and related complications. Functions as part of the direct patient team to provide overall quality care and serves as a resource and specialist to patients, all patient caregivers and physicians. May be required to exercise clinical judgement under the order of a licensed physician.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates respiratory care competency of critical and clinical skills on an annual basis.
• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, handle multiple assignments, balance priorities, and make decisions quickly and function under stressful situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform all aspects of respiratory therapy to include age specific and related patient care in a safe and competent manner.
• Demonstrates skill in emergency situations based up on department standards, policies, procedures and protocols, assumes a leadership role in emergency situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess, identify and treat patient health conditions as established by organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide appropriate communication to nursing personnel and/or physicians, and other hospital staff as necessary. Must be able to demonstrate effective communication skills on all socioeconomic levels using tact, articulation and in a professional manner.
• Demonstrates competency/proficiency in mechanical ventilation, CPAP, and BiPAP skills to include current modes of ventilation, indications for use and calculations of necessary data.
• Demonstrates competency/proficiency in the performance of arterial blood gases and analysis per department policy and procedure. Quality control, troubleshooting, and quality assurance per department policy and procedures.
• Performs assigned tasks and uses equipment with skill and accuracy.
• Participates in performance improvement activities by making suggestions for unit/organizational improvements, data collection activities, and date analysis as appropriate.
• Documentation and charges are complete, accurate, timely and legible. Consistently document patient assessments, reassessments, patient education, goals, response to therapy and any other requirements for the patient medical record.
• Completes Quality Control procedures and documentation required by regulatory agencies, medical center and department policy.
• Maintains all equipment in a clean and functioning order. Responsible for location and inventory of any RT equipment utilized on a routine basis.
• Conducts in-service education under the direction of the manager.
• Assumes responsibility of mentoring respiratory staff and orientation of new employees on shift worked.
• Coordinates daily work assignments for shift
• Monitors staffing of shift to ensure adequate number of personnel are scheduled to provide patient care.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:

Must have documented experience necessary to obtain state license. 3-5 years experience preferred.

Licensure Requirement:

Valid RRT Credential by the National Board for Respiratory Care. Licensed as a Registered Respiratory Therapist by the State of Tennessee Health Related Boards with ABG endorsement. Current CPR required.