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Job Requisition ID:

R00040078

Job Category:

Allied Health

Organization:

Grenada Clinical Services

Location/s:

UMMC-Grenada

Job Title:

Manager-Respiratory Therapy-Grenada

Job Summary:

Accountable to provide oversight for the operational and administrative activities of respiratory care, pulmonary function lab, and the critical care transport team. Responsible for day to day staffing and operations while maintaining fiscal accountability. Responsibilities include planning, implementing, monitoring, and improving the quality of services with the goal of optimal patient outcomes. Demonstrates clinical expertise for the provision of safe, effective, and developmentally appropriate care to patients of all ages. Plans, coordinates, and provides education to respiratory care, pulmonary function lab, the critical care transport team, and the medical care providers. Works interdependently with and also independently of the team.

Education & Experience

Associate’s degree in Respiratory Care Technology; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Plus two (2) years of supervisory or leadership experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:  Mississippi State Board for Allied Health License (Respiratory Care); Certification for National Board Of Respiratory Care (CRT); ACLS; and Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board Of Respiratory Care (NBRC).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of: therapeutic and diagnostic procedures and tests; ability to organize and lead meetings as well as present in groups; ability to collect, analyze, and present data; ability to implement change.

Responsibilities

• Manage Respiratory Care staff members, develop/manage staffing plans and scheduling.  Monitor and adjust as needed to support volume and growth.
• Manage operational budget including equipment and supplies.
• Measure program performance through data management and dashboard metrics.
• Assess the learning needs of the Respiratory Care staff members and other healthcare providers.
• Manage patient charges and audits/edits payroll data, analyze program costs and productivity.
• Measures program performance through data management.
• Creates employee work schedules.
• Completes employee performance evaluations.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional sitting, occasional standing, occasional twisting, and occasional walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Benefits Eligible

Grant Funded:

Job Posting Date:

12/10/2024

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):

12/28/2024