Manager Respiratory Therapy Job Walnutport area,Pennsylvania USA,Healthcare

Directs respiratory care to pediatric patients by developing, monitoring and evaluating respiratory care in conjunction with the interdisciplinary care team; participates in developing staff and accomplishing departmental and institutional objectives. Assists with the management of the adult and geriatric respiratory patient population.

IDENTIFIES PATIENT RESPIRATORY CARE REQUIREMENT
- By establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements and as a clinician by assessing patients’ conditions, preadmission, upon admission and at regular intervals during assigned shift
  - integrating patient information to facilitate holistic patient care and assist case management with discharge arrangements.
PLANS, IMPLEMENTS AND EVALUATES CARE
- By setting goals associated with the pulmonary-ventilator program, collaborating and communicating with the medical staff and health‑care team, patients and families
  - acting on physician’s orders and patient need in a timely manner
  - documenting interventions and responses
  - revising care plans based on patient response.
PROVIDES INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE TEAM
- By meeting them
  - explaining the role of the manager
  - providing educational information in conjunction with direct care providers related to treatments, procedures, and continuing care requirements
  - answering questions and requests.
MONITORS DELIVERY OF CARE
- By completing patient rounds and evaluating the effectiveness of the pulmonary‑ventilator program
  - coaching and collaborating with staff and physicians to make changes in program protocols and individual plans of care to achieve the targeted outcomes
  - producing outcome reports
  - reviewing the plan with patients in conjunction with direct care providers
  - and maintaining ongoing communication with care management regarding variances from the care plan or transfer/discharge plan.
LEADS HEALTH CARE FACILITY STAFF
- By recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
  - maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment
  - maintaining core staffing requirements for departments
  - developing, policies, procedures, and productivity standards
  - communicating job expectations
  - coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees
  - planning, monitoring and appraising job results
  - developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, setting expectations for best practices implementation.
FACILITATES MARKETING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PROGRAM
- By establishing personal networks
  - identifying consumer requirements, defining the market and working closely with administrators to promote and educate program
  - assists liaison staff as requested with clinical expertise.
ASSURES QUALITY OF CARE
- By fostering practices that adhere to the hospital’s philosophy, goals and standards of care
  - identifying process improvements that will lead to targeted outcomes
  - measuring outcomes against patient care goals and standards
  - making or recommending necessary adjustments
  - actively participating and leading any programmatic research initiatives and assuring departmental adherence to applicable licensure regulations, government regulations and other accreditation standards.
PROTECTS SELF, CO‑WORKERS, AND PATIENTS
- By interpreting and implementing policies and procedures to prevent the spread of blood‑borne and/or airborne diseases
  - by adhering to infection‑control policies and protocols, and equipment cleaning and storage procedures.
- By complying with procedures, rules and regulations
  - keeping patient rooms and supply areas in a neat and orderly fashion
  - cleaning assigned equipment or areas according to procedure.
RESPECTS PATIENTS
- By recognizing their rights
  - providing emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual support
  - maintaining confidentiality.
ENSURES OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES
- By recommending patient care equipment and supplies most suitable to patient need
  - acting as an educational liaison to instruct clinical staff on the safe operation of equipment, following manufacturers instructions
  - troubleshooting malfunctions; processing requisitions for repair
  - maintaining equipment inventories
  - and acting as the liaison to the contracted biomedical service for respiratory…


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