Supervisor Respiratory Therapy

*Job Summary and Responsibilities*

As our Respiratory Therapist Supervisor, you will lead our Respiratory Care technical staff, providing instruction and evaluation, while assisting the Director/Manager in department management. This role also includes direct patient care as needed.

Every day you will supervise, instruct, and evaluate Respiratory Care Practitioners. You'll assist the Director/Manager in overall department management and provide direct patient care. Daily contacts include subordinates, co-workers, patients, medical staff, and physicians.

To be successful, you will demonstrate strong leadership, instructional, and evaluative skills, with advanced clinical expertise in respiratory care. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities for staff supervision and interdisciplinary contact are essential.

• Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations.
• Assigns day-to-day work activities. Directs the functional and technical job performance of team members.
• Allocate and direct staffing and scheduling needs to meet patient, unit, and departmental needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met.
• Manage performance by setting goals, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback and recognition, developing skills, and addressing performance issues related to work and Dignity Health commitments in collaboration with the Director.
• Assists in developing departmental action plans and makes recommendations for training and staff development. Monitors productivity to ensure appropriate utilization of staff. Maintains required records, reports, and statistics for regulatory and budgetary purposes.
• Provides timely and necessary communication to hospital staff and providers as appropriate to assist in provision of optimal patient care.
• Job Requirements*Required
• Associate's Degree in RespiratoryTherapy or related field
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical acutecare experience as a RespiratoryTherapist
• Respiratory Care Practitioner: CA
• Registered Respiratory Therapist
• Basic Life Support

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1925, Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital is a 310-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy General Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California

*Pay Range*

$49.78 - $74.05 /hour