Registered Respiratory Therapist Director Details

Registered Respiratory Therapist Director

Atrium Health and Senior Living - NJ - Matawan, NJ

Employment Type : Full-Time

Atrium Health and Senior Living is now managed and operated by Spring Hills Senior Communities, a premiere, award winning, national senior living company. Spring Hills' commitment to the overall care of our customers starts with our culture, vision, and core values demonstrated in the excellent care we provide.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains efficient clinical, financial and patient flow systems and improves same.

• Ensures timely data collection, analysis of information and operational response to such information -- including FTE budget, supply and expense, patient/family satisfaction, and evidence-based clinically effective quality outcome measures.

• Reviews, investigates and responds to patient complaints.

• Overseeing the daily operations of the Respiratory Therapy Department to include staff interviews, employment decision, orientation, performance evaluations, employee training and development, as well as inventory, equipment, and instrument issues

• Ensuring all regulatory requirements are met regarding respiratory and point of care Creating and maintaining clinical schedule for safe staffing

• Maintaining clinical cost control

• Coordinating and actively participating in Wean Team/Pulmonary Rounds and maintains a direct line of communication with pulmonary physicians to facilitate/implement and routinely monitor weaning patients from mechanical ventilation

• Steering Progressive clinical excellence through staff development

• Promoting continuous quality improvement

• Teaching and counseling patients/families

• Maintaining competency in Rapid Response and code events

• Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.

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Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Critical Care Experience: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• RRT (Preferred)
• RCP License (Preferred)
• CRT (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No