Respiratory Therapy Lead & Mentor

Job Description

The Assistant Manager is a self directed, professional registered therapist with advanced knowledge and expertise specific to his/her clinical area. Serves as a mentor, project leader, charge therapist, & preceptor coordinator.

Responsibilities

Communication-Effectively listens and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team, such as staff and physicians to assess their needs and facilitate smooth and efficient patient care delivery.

Clinical - Facilitates delivery of quality customer care through department staff, and supporting the development of use and improvement of collaborative patient care.

Operations
- Implements efficient systems to enhance department operations, while considering physicians, client and family needs. Covers any gaps in charge duties for the department.

Managerial Collaboration - Collaborates with Director and Administration in the planning and evaluation of staff and unit operations.

Managerial Support - Effectively communicates the needs of staff and the goals of management.

Staff Development - Implements and ensures pertinent staff development

Onboarding:

• Communicates with new employee before start date to make introductions, identify learning style, and provide an overview of the orientation process and attempt to alleviate fears and apprehensions.

• Collaborates with the Director when a new hire is finalized and hire date is established. There will be discussion regarding new employee's previous work history, clinical background and possible learning needs.

• Works closely with the education council to continually develop and enhance the educational needs of both internal and external stakeholders.

• Prepares a clinical orientation schedule for each new employee based on the employees previous work experience and clinical background.

• Collaborates with education council and director to identify a compatible preceptor and determine the anticipated length of orientation.

• Works closely with Staff Development to ensure new employees have attended all classroom orientation before being oriented to the clinical department.

• Meets with orientee, preceptor and director (if necessary) during the clinical orientation to discuss progress, set new goals, facilitate conflict resolution strategies and provide feedback.

• Evaluates and documents orientee's progress annually in a formal process and on an on-going basis as needed.

• Provides input into the 90 day evaluation of all new employees.

On-Going Staff Education:

• Evaluates the learning needs of the staff at least annually.

• Maintains current knowledge of respiratory practice in the clinical setting.

• Keeps abreast of educational requirements for all job categories which pertain to clinical care.

• Prepares and/or coordinates staff education for new products, medications, equipment, services provided, performance improvement initiatives and/or regulatory requirements.

• Ensures that staff completes all required, mandatory education.

• Maintain educational files on all employees.

Leadership

• Demonstrates leadership skills such as the ability to motivate, educate, delegate, and mentor peers and other members of the healthcare team while effectively managing the care of patients and family members. Acts as a resource for multidisciplinary team members and students, continuously evaluating and documenting competency.

Professional Development:

• Assumes responsibility and accountability for personal professional growth and development. Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others.

• Assists and supports council activities or task forces to improve competencies of self and peers.

• Supports self and peer professional growth and development based on information received in periodic…