Covenant Health

Manager of Respiratory Services, Respiratory Therapy

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 468 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:

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.