Covenant Health

Manager of Respiratory Services

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day 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:

Coordinate the daily functions of the Respiratory Care department.  Emphasis will be on coordination and communication among Respiratory Care Teams.

Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon || apply@covhlth.com

• Assures quality and diversity of Respiratory Care with guidance from the Medical Director.
• Assesses and provides feedback on decentralized clinical team approach.
• Facilitate TEAM development and implementation of long/short term goals and plans of decentralized functions.
• Develop communication network for all Respiratory Care teams.
• In conjunction with necessary departments, coordinate clinical competence of all personnel performing respiratory care procedures.
• Develop and implement clinical policy and procedure as related to protocols and pathways.
• Promote cultural change to develop and support the team approach to deliver patient care in the Clinical division.
• Facilitate development of success measures, to include leadership, facilitator and team member implementation of long and short term goals for department teams.
• Develop, review and update department specific policies and procedures.
• Monitor and maintain department compliance to meet all regulatory agency requirements.
• Provide personnel management to include staff placement, discipline, interviewing and orientation in conjunction with the Director.
• Implement and assess individual/team performance appraisal and career ladder.
• Assure daily operations are performed to include: staffing, interdisciplinary meetings, department statistics, payroll, charges, and inventory.
• Assess capital equipment/supply needs and make recommendations in collaboration with the Director.
• Act as a liaison to patients and other customers to provide timely and accurate communication and problem resolution.
• Act as a primary contact of vendors for product evaluation and recommendation.
• Determine and coordinate daily staffing ratios based on workload and staff.
• Participates in technical and philosophical growth and development.
• Coordinates and affirms accuracy of department record keeping.
• Acts as a MIS liaison as requested.
• Collaborates with the Director to identify learning needs of staff, ensure participation and evaluate clinical competency.
• Participate in development and implementation of education and in-service programs for staff, students and other departments.
• Collaborate with others to determine product standardization as needed.
• Maintain department and clinical functions through team based employee empowerment.
• Supports creativity, independent thinking, empowerment and flexibility among team members.
• 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.

Minimum Education:                       

Associate's degree preferred.

Minimum Experience:                     

At least four (4) years of respiratory care experience and two (2) years managerial experience.

Required Licensure:                        

Current Tennessee license and NBRC credentials. CPR required.