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Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

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Responsible for directing and overseeing the daily activities of an assigned shift using independent judgment to assure successful and safe delivery of care.

Facilitates onboarding and precepting under the guidance of their direct lead.

Serves as a clinical resource/support to the staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments by providing direct patient care, medication administration and ensuring equipment resources and function.

This role may require the duty of a patient assignment. Responsible for promotion and execution of PI initiatives.

May assist with data collection and analysis of PI activities. Customer Service, and Safety and Quality initiatives for designated shift.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership and Collaboration

Leads the shift

Assures delivery of safe patient care by analyzing patients needs and skill competency level of personnel when making patient assignments

Facilitates interdisciplinary communication and planning to ensure timely care delivery including discharge

Communicates with direct leader any needs or concerns pertaining to patient care delivery or employee performance

Assists in the evaluation of staff, providing input to Supervisor regarding clinical performance, teamwork, etc. of individuals.

Assigns shift workload and preceptors

Maintains financial stewardship in relation to productivity

Maintains daily equipment function and calibration

Innovation and Customer Care

Provides resources and support

Monitors equipment inventory, location and utilization to ensure staff have tools and equipment needed to perform their job

Assists in acquiring appropriate staffing levels.

Provides clinical assistance to staff as necessary

Assist with orientation & training for new employees and student clinical rotations

Assist with annual skill competencies

Communicates educational needs of staff (i.e. huddles, new equipment or knowledge in-services for RT staff Maintains staff education records

Professional Development

Maintains current knowledge related to patient population to deliver the highest standard of care

Identifies learning needs of workgroup and communicates needs to direct leader.

Demonstrates excellence in respiratory care practice by promoting process improvement and committee participation

Exemplary Practice & Quality Outcomes

Rounds on patients to evaluate quality and appropriateness of patient care including corrective action when needed utilizing peer coaching and accountability

Demonstrates excellence in Respiratory Care practice by providing the highest standard of direct patient care.

Participates in implementation and monitoring of PI, Customer Service, and Safety and Quality initiatives to improve patient care delivery

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Minimum Education:

Bachelors Respiratory Therapy

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

RCP - Respiratory Care Prof

BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor

NBRC-RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist

NBRC-RPFT - Reg Pulmonary Function Tech-Preferred or RRT-ACCS - Adult Critical Care Specialist-Preferred or RRT-NPS - Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist-Preferred or AE-C - Asthma Educator Specialist-Preferred

ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days

NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program-Preferred or NRP-I - NRP - Instructor-Preferred or NRP-P - NRP-Provisional (180 Days)-Preferred within 180 Days

PALS - Pediatric Adv Life Support or PALS-I - PALS - Instructor or PALS-P - PALS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days

Required Minimum Experience:

Current advance credential with a minimum of two (2) years clinical experience to work in all critical care areas but not limited to Adult ICU, CVICU, BURN, NICU, Emergency Departments (Adult and Pediatric) as it relates each facility Required

100 credit hours towards a B.S. degree may be accepted in lieu of a Bachelor's degree

Required Minimum Skills:

Strong customer service and interpersonal skills

Inter and Intra-departmental coordination of patient care activities

Delegation skills required: Ability to multi-task essential

Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations essential

Strong detail orientation required

Computer skills required

Time management skills are required

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