Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care, Health Care Administration, Nursing , Business Admin or equivalent experience preferred. Registered RRT Therapist and current State Respiratory Care Practitioner license required. Experience in respiratory care, in a multi faceted health care system, multi service provider setting or academic setting required (usually two (2) years). Knowledge of budgeting, staffing, systems, quality improvement, and clinical care delivery in an inpatient setting Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations. Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
Preferred Qualifications: Computer knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access applications.
Duties: Assists in developing, implementing, and monitoring pulmonary standards. Assists in coordinating Plans of Treatment and customer focused delivery of services. Ensures all patient care is in compliance with administrative, legal, and regulatory requirements and follows established policies and procedures. Works with Site Pulmonary Clinical Services Manager and other health care providers to develop, implement, and provide efficient patient/pulmonary care services and outcomes. Identifies and recommends best practice models. Assists in developing, implementing, and evaluating standards of practice, to improve quality and service to members. Assists in meeting short and long term financial goals by continually planning, developing, monitoring, adjusting and evaluating annual budgets. Identifies opportunities to reduce costs, while maintaining quality of services. Supervises staff, ensuring all are fully competent in providing the highest quality of care to members. Assists in determining appropriate staffing to maintain the service levels. Assists in developing programs and presents in service programs to pulmonary staff. Supervises daily unit operations, department and employee safety programs, and risk management. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures. In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors. Kaiser Permanente is an EEO/AA Employer.
Notes: Schedule varies: