Covenant Health

Supervisor of Respiratory Therapy

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke.  We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best-in-State-Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including: offering unmatched medical insurance, tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance, certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employer-matched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.

Position Summary:

Supervises clinical staff in conjunction with performing clinician duties in a role model methodology.

Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon || jgordon2@covhlth.com || 865-374-8107

• Coordinates daily work assignments and prepares schedule for clinical staff.
• Monitors staffing of each shift to ensure adequate number of personnel are scheduled to provide patient care.
• Assists with collection of quality assurance data.
• Provides direct communication to staff and management.
• Available to clinical staff as consultant and resource person.
• Evaluates patients as related to therapy; communicates results to other therapists, nursing staff and physicians when evaluation indicates need for change in treatment.
• Assumes responsibility of mentoring respiratory staff and orientation of new employees on shift worked.
• In conjunction with necessary departments, coordinate clinical competence of all personnel performing respiratory care procedures.
• Performs assigned tasks and uses equipment with skill and accuracy.
• Maintains clean work area.
• Conducts in-service education under the direction of the manager.
• Provide personnel management to include staff placement, discipline, interviewing and orientation in conjunction with the Manager. Assist with performance appraisals and goal setting
• Assists with monitoring and maintaining department compliance to meet all regulatory agency requirements
• Act as a liaison to patients and other customers to provide timely and accurate communication and problem resolution
• Collaborates with the Manager / Director to identify learning needs of staff, ensure participation and evaluate clinical competency.
• Collaborate with others to determine product standardization as needed.
• Assists with daily operations including: interdisciplinary meetings, department statistics, payroll, charges, and supply / equipment inventory.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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:

A minimum of three (3) years' clinical experience.

Licensure Requirement:

Licensed in the State of Tennessee as a Registered Respiratory Therapist with ABG endorsement, and valid RRT credential by the National Board of Respiratory Care is required.