Director Respiratory Therapist - Respiratory - Relocation Required
4 days ago
Houston
This job requires relocation. Description CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline overlooking Corpus Christi Bay is the largest and foremost acute care medical facility in the region, with a full range of diagnostic and surgical specialty services in cardiac, cancer, and stroke care. It is the leading emergency facility in the area with a Level II Trauma Center in the Coastal Bend, staffed with physicians and nurses specially trained in emergency services. • The Pavilion and North Tower house a state-of-the-art emergency department, ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and surgical suites, • A teaching facility in affiliation with the Texas A&M University System Health and Science Center College of Medicine, • Accredited Chest Pain Center To manage the Respiratory Care, Cardiology-general, Bronchoscopy/PFT Lab, EEG, NCV/EMG, and Rehab Respiratory departments. Plans and implements the policies, procedures, and services for all the above departments. Ensures efficient and effective departmental operations. Responsibilities: • Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders., • Maintains consistency with Administrative and Departmental policies with appropriate behavior, dress, attitude, attendance, confidentiality, professionalism, and reliability., • Responsible for the oversight of clinical programming in the facility and for ensuring that Services meet the accreditation standards of TJC and are continuously ready for survey., • Maintains and manages operating targets and capital budgets to meet and exceed financial goals., • Creates an atmosphere where the organization’s operating principles of patient safety and ongoing quality improvement are actively demonstrated; identifies and implements best practices and supports the transfer of such best practices to other organizations within CHRISTUS., • Recruits, coaches, develops, supports, and leads direct reports to ensure the organization has the right leaders and successors to achieve their goals., • Participates in the development and implementation of recruitment and retention programs and practices that support a competent and diverse workforce that contributes to the growth and success of the ministry., • Creates team-based quality improvement plans, including the definition of team goals, utilizing performance measures and appropriate analysis tools, changing, and improving performance through feedback, coaching, and teaching., • Develops relationships and incorporate input from Medical Staff on a regular basis., • Coordinates the allocation of staff on a day-to-day basis to ensure the delivery of appropriate service by competent staff as defined by experience, education, and skill., • Provides for and encourages an environment of self-development and continued learning., • Additional responsibilities may include participation in space and equipment planning, participation in strategic planning for the department, planning for growth in the non-acute settings, and execution of those plans., • Acts as a catalyst for change in the organization; responds to change with flexibility and adaptability to overcome organizational resistance and inertia; demonstrates the ability to focus and energize associates to work together for change; gains maximum support for others for new initiatives. Education/Skills • See licensure and/or certification requirements., • Minimum 5 years of clinical experience., • RT, RT PERM, RCP, or RCP PERM License in state of employment required. Work Schedule: 8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday Work Type: Full Time