Respiratory Therapy Manager

Essential Duties

• Lead Department
  • Ensures scheduling and staffing are sufficient to provide patient care
  • Interviews hires and trains staff
  • Performs as preceptor to confirms competency of staff providing respiratory therapy
  • Provides quality assurance to continuously improve RT function (Chart auditing quality data collection and documentation Key performance indicators)
  • Ensures respiratory equipment devices and suppliers are adequate to meet patient needs; Organizes orders and manages RT department supplies and inventory
  • Ensures safety of patients and staff members through enforcement and following of policies and procedures
  • Mentors & sets a positive example to guides other RT staff in standards and best practices
• Provide Respiratory Care
  • Provides patient care for Respiratory therapy needs consulting with medical staff and executing medical orders accurately and timely following standards and protocols
  • Setups and operates RT therapy devices to ensure parameters of treatment
  • Administers medicinal gases and medications within acceptable error rate
  • Evaluates outcomes and interventions and implements necessary changes to improve care
  • Observes equipment functions and makes adjustments to obtain optimum results in therapy

Experience & Licensure Requirements

• 2 year Associates Degree in RT
• Minimum of 5 years of RT patient care experience (preferably in hospital setting)
• Minimum of 1 year management / supervisory experience (3-5 years preferred)
• Active license as RT in the state of MO
• Active BLS and ACLS certification

Key Competencies

• Demonstrated knowledge of conditions and treatments for respiratory care
• Analytical / critical thinking
• Management and leadership presence
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Collaboration and ability to work in multi-disciplinary team
• COLA/CLIA training

Benefits:

• Medical Vision and Dental Health insurancePaid time off (4 weeks a year!)
• Disability insurance Short-term and Long-term policies provided by Landmark with buyup options available
• Flexible spending and Health Saving account
• Life insurance The company paid $25K and additional voluntary life available
• Matching 401K
• Tuition reimbursement up to $15K after 1st year of employment)

About us - Landmark Hospitals:

We are looking forward to talking to you about the opportunities available at Landmark Hospitals!

Landmark Hospitals is a privately owned three hospital system with locations in Georgia and Missouri. Landmark Hospitals are licensed as acute care hospitals and accredited as long-term acute care hospitals under CIHQ. Each of our hospitals is recognized as the regional Transitional Care Hospital of choice in their respective markets and we specialize in providing transitional care for medically complex patients.

What it is like to work at Landmark Hospitals Our employees enjoy a high level of engagement and operate with an experienced and understanding administration who listen to and value clinician interaction. The Landmark culture provides connectivity across the organization through:

• Focus: Our facilities have an average of 30 35 beds which allows our healthcare teams to focus intensely on our patients and their families.
• Multi-Disciplinary Interaction: We take pride in our collaborative multi-disciplinary team approach to care that helps us deliver exceptional healthcare outcomes for our patients in a positive and supportive work environment. Our clinical staff plays an important and respected role with the medical staff and administration.
• Growth and Skills Leverage: Use and grow your skills - our units are entirely focused on critical care to meet the needs of our medically complex patients. We have a new training system (MedTrainer) to support your training goals too!
• Patient Centered:Our Long-Term Acute Care patients stay with us an average of 25 - 30 days which allows the clinical team to get to know the patient as a person
• Multi-Facility System Support: As part of a multi-hospital system our team benefits from sharing best practices and standards that can drive better patient outcomes.
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If you enjoy working in a vibrant critical care atmosphere with coworkers who are committed to providing compassionate care to the patients come grow with us!

are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and background verification checks.