Supervisor, Respiratory Therapy

Job Summary

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for supervising and coaching staff to provide respiratory care services; serving as subject matter expert to determine and oversee delivery of respiratory equipment needs for patients; contributing to the development, planning, and implementation of respiratory care goals and objectives and pulmonary standards; and planning and directing respiratory care daily operations.

• Recommends developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides team members with feedback; and mentors and coaches to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Implements, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices and processes.
  
  Fosters open dialogue, supports, mentors, engages, and motivates team members on collaboration. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope.
• Supervises and coordinates daily activities of designated work team or unit by monitoring the execution and completion of tactical action items and work assignments; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts and standards, and measures progress in achieving results; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; resolves escalated issues as appropriate. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines;
  
  coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and recommends improvement opportunities; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise by: implementing and/or coaching local rehabilitation teams to implement latest research and industry developments to improve workflow efficiencies and patient outcomes; supervising the implementation of and adherence to evidence-based practice standards across team members, and monitoring and evaluating related outcomes and providing training to ensure adherence to evidence-based and medically necessary standards; providing training and ensuring that teams have the necessary resources, training, and support to effectively provide care and educate others (e.g., members, families, caregivers, the health care team) on industry developments and evidence-based best practices;
  
  and promoting appropriate and approved educational and clinical development opportunities (e.g., quality improvement activities, continuing education courses, staff training) to maintain and enhance team members competencies in professional practice.
• Leads teams in maintaining a safe and compliant care practice by: supervising local rehabilitation teams to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, training to promote adherence to internal and external policies and procedures; developing reports for administrative and regulatory purposes and disseminating insights from reports to the team; proactively identifying and ensuring teams comply with safety protocols to mitigate risks to patient, staff, and member safety;
  
  implementing safety-related policies and procedures and supervising teams within the department to report safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions, providing guidance on corrective actions and/or process improvements to avoid future incidents; and accountable for training and ensuring that teams maintain confidentiality of all patient, staff, and member records and information.
• Leads efficient and effective operations management by: managing allocation of resources (e.g., personnel, equipment) within the department, identifying opportunities to streamline operations and maximize cost savings; leading processes of stocking shelves, taking inventory, ordering supplies, and cleaning equipment; analyzing performance metrics to assess effectiveness of department services, supporting the implementation of…