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Rotating - 10 Hour (United States of America)

Why work with Stanford Medicine | Stanford Health Care (SHC)?

Here is your opportunity to join SHC in a manager role to support the Respiratory Therapy Team. Bring your coaching and mentoring experience a results-driven team.

This is a non-represented (non-union) role.

This is an onsite role.

Benefits begin the first day of the month following employment eligibility.

Our core benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, an employee assistance program, savings and spending accounts, disability, life and accident insurance, and COBRA. For medical insurance, you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance, Aetna, or Kaiser Permanente. Each plan includes 100% coverage for preventive care, telemedicine through Teledoc, prescription drug coverage, and behavioral health coverage. Additional incentives exist for healthy choices. And so much more – generous leave & time off, Wellness Program, special programs, educational assistance, and adoption assistance!

This is an onsite Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview

The Respiratory Care Services Manager has 24-hour responsibility for managing Respiratory Care Services to provide effective and efficient patient care. Effectiveness and efficiency are achieved through operationalizing the Medical Center's mission and objectives. The person in this position participates as a member of the management team to assure attainment of the objectives of the Respiratory Care Services Department and as a member of the Medical Center management team. The Manager must be prepared to deal with evolving integrated healthcare delivery systems, technological innovations, and increasingly complex regulatory environment, restructuring of work, and an increased focus on preventive care. The Manager focuses staff efforts on serving patient needs and establishes a working environment that is conducive to continuous learning and quality improvements, and which supports excellence in clinical practice and patient care. This position is responsible for upholding institution philosophy, establishing and maintaining treatment protocols and standards, and developing programs which support a dynamic environment to meet the needs of the patients in an efficient manner. The positions requires demonstrated proficiency in team building/participation, leadership, analytical skills, operational process flow, conflict resolution, problem solving, staff development, and time management.

Locations

Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, CA; onsite)

What you will do

• Assists leadership in creating and implementing long-range plans for new delivery systems in areas of respiratory care.

• Assists leadership in defining the scope of emerging respiratory care roles of the future consistent with national trends in health care delivery.

• Assists with budget requests, prepares required written narrative, and reviews the final proposal with the director.

• Assists with the creation of Clinical Protocols.

• Attracts, retains and develops key people who contribute significantly to the growth and success of Respiratory Care Medicine and the Medical Center.

• Coordinates and implements Respiratory Care Services including: ensures that proper care is rendered by staff and supervisors; takes proper action in instances of suboptimal performance; ensures training of staff; maintains adequate supplies & equipment.

• Ensures compliance with state and federal laws, accreditation, professional, and regulatory agency standards, including quality assurance, and licensure requirements.

• In collaboration with the Director and Assistant Director, develops business, operations, and strategic plans for Respiratory Care Services job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities required by positions in this job classification. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility entailed.

• Maintains communication mechanisms with supervisors who are responsible for the department during the absence of the manager.

• Makes recommendations on wage increases, promotional increases, disciplinary action, and hiring decisions Monitors budget compliance and assures timely corrective action when necessary.

• Participates in decision-making by active membership on committees and teams including hospital disaster planning.

• Represents the Medical Center on University, local, and/or state boards, commissions, associations, and committees as requested or approved by the Director.

Education Qualifications

• Associate degree in a work-related field/discipline from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• Five (5) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, including one (1) year of supervisory experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to demonstrate a higher level of critical thinking and judgment.

• Ability to demonstrate customer service skills in interactions with all patients, families and staff, including high volume and stressful situations.

• Ability to demonstrate initiative and leadership with a minimum of supervision.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with widely diverse groups, including individuals at all levels both within and outside the organization and gain their cooperation.

• Ability to manage, coach, mentor, train, and evaluate work results.

• Ability to plan, organize, motivate, mentor, direct and evaluate the work of others.

• Ability to provide leadership and influence others.

• Ability to set priorities and manage multiple tasks.

• Ability to use a variety of management styles and group processes to assure effective working relationships Ability to use of progressive management skills to facilitate change.

• Knowledge of computer systems and software used in functional area.

• Knowledge of Job Hazard Analysis in assigned work area(s).

• Knowledge of protocols regarding protection of human subjects in research, approval of human research through the Research Compliance Office, and control of research projects in the clinical area.

• Knowledge of the indications, contraindications, and hazards of continuous long-term or short term mechanical ventilation, various respiratory therapy techniques, and anatomy, physiology and pathology related to the respiratory system required.

Licenses and Certifications

• BLS - Basic Life Support and

• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support and

• RCP - Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner in CA

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $68.46 - $90.70 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

As part of our spirit of discovery, we also leverage our deep relationships with luminary Silicon Valley companies to develop new ways to deliver preeminent patient care.

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