Responsible for providing and performing both basic and advanced therapeutic procedures. The respiratory therapist team leader will help assure the appropriateness, quality, and consistency of all aspects of respiratory care. The team leader will act as the Respiratory Therapy (RT) clinical liaison to physicians, nurses and other health care providers. This position will provide all types of diagnostic and therapeutic Respiratory Therapy procedures, in accordance with hospital and department policies, under the direction of a licensed physician.


Principal Accountabilities:


1. Assesses the need for all types of RT procedures offered at OSUWMC.
2. Administers all types of RT procedures in accordance with current clinical standards and department policies.
3. Assesses the need for ventilators, Bi-PAP/CPAP, oxygen and aerosol equipment in accordance with department policies and protocols.
4. Manages ventilator settings in accordance with ventilator management guidelines.
5. Assures continuity for all aspects of respiratory care (ventilatory weaning, treatment therapy, progress notes, assessments, and patient teaching).
6. Participates in departmental (RT or Unit) quality improvement/utilization management committee, through committee membership, gathering data, and implementing committee directives.
7. Prepares, reviews, and revises departmental policies and procedures as needed.
8. Coordinates, conducts, and prepares minutes for team meetings & huddles.
9. Maintains knowledge of all current, applicable research and information published in peer reviewed medical journals.
10. Assists RT staff, nurses, physicians and other healthcare providers in applying respiratory therapy knowledge to current practice.
11. Provides education for RT staff, nurses, and physicians, at the bedside and in the classroom.
12. Functions as clinical liaison to physicians, nurses and other health care providers.
13. Ensures RT staff participation in rounding.
14. Performs other related duties as assigned.