Respiratory Care QA Specialist

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.

TMH is the regions healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the regions only:

• Level II Trauma Center
• Primary Stroke Center
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• The most advanced cancer heart and vascular orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital multiple specialty care centers six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

Your Role:

• Is responsible for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) plan and measures for Respiratory Care.
• Displays an understanding of diversity.
• Demonstrates integrity compassion accountability respect and excellence (I CARE values).
• Enhances and contributes to a safe environment for all colleagues visitors and patients.
• Manages the informational quality assurance (QA) regulatory compliance clinical performance compliance and operational functions of all the departments patient care sections.
• Ensures staff members comply with policies and procedures.
• Measures and reports The Joint Commission (TJC) standards compliance.
• Serves as CQI Team facilitator. Spends forty percent (40%) of time in direct patient care.
• Performs other duties (as assigned) to assist the Dir/Respiratory/Cardiopul Svcs.
• Performs miscellaneous duties not expressly described herein.

Reports To:

• Dir/Respiratory/Cardiopul Svcs (job code (JC): 012101)

Supervises:

• None

Required Education:

• Associate degree in respiratory care.
  • Note: Human Resources (HR) may accept directly related experience for required education on a 1-year: 1-year basis. Experience accepted in lieu of education will not be applied toward the minimum experience requirement below (i.e. the same experience will not be counted twice).

Preferred Education:

• Bachelors degree in respiratory care or a related field.

Required Experience:

• Three (3) years of RRT experience (or related quality/compliance experience) including experience with neonatal pediatric and adult patient populations.
  • Note: Experience applied toward this requirement will not be credited in lieu of education above (i.e. the same experience will not be counted twice).

Required Certification/License/Registry:

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) with the State of Florida Department of Health and the National Board of Respiratory Care.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (BLS).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen background check reference verification health assessment and credential/license verification.