Respiratory Therapy Manager

Position: Respiratory Therapy Manager

Location: Select Specialty Hospital - Southeast Ohio (Newark, OH)

Schedule: Full Time

Sign-on Bonus: $15,000

Selective Specialty Hospital - Southeast Ohio (Newark, OH) is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world‑class inpatient post‑ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our cultural behaviors—celebrating success, owning the future, being patient‑centered, creating change, thinking first and building trust.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well‑being.

• Start Strong:
  Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Recharge & Refresh:
  Generous PTO for full‑time team members to maintain a healthy work–life balance.
• Your Health Matters:
  Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full‑time team members.
• Invest in Your Future:
  Company‑matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full‑time team members.
• Your Impact Matters:
  Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care.

• Overseeing the daily operations of the respiratory therapy department, including staff interviews, employment decisions, orientation, performance evaluations, employee training and development, as well as inventory, equipment and instrument issues.
• Sharing responsibility for employee engagement, recruitment and retention.
• Implementing company standards of care, policies and procedures.
• Ensuring all regulatory requirements are met regarding respiratory and point‑of‑care.
• Creating and maintaining a clinical schedule for safe staffing.
• Maintaining clinical cost control.
• Coordinating and actively participating in Wean Team/Pulmonary Rounds and maintaining a direct line of communication with pulmonary physicians to facilitate/implement and routinely monitor weaning patients from mechanical ventilation; if protocols do not exist, work toward site‑specific protocol implementation.
• Steering progressive clinical excellence through staff development while promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients and their families.
• Maintaining competency in Rapid Response and code events.
• Site‑Dependent:
  Functioning as Moderate Complexity Lab Manager over point‑of‑care testing and functioning as the Safety Officer, overseeing the Environment of Care.

• Current State License.
• Active Registered Respiratory Therapist Credential (RRT) from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) required.
• Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
• Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.
• ACLS within 6 months of employment required.

• Associate's Degree in Respiratory Therapy required, Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Five (5) years experience as a Respiratory Therapist in an Acute Care setting preferred.
• Two years supervisory experience preferred.