Department:
Status:
Benefits Eligible:
Hours Per Week:
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
M-F, days, location dependent on candidate since this role covers 2 states
Pay Range
$43.30 - $64.95Job Description Summary:
This role supports system programs to promote and strengthen team members' transitions to practice and professional development across the care continuum. Using evidence-based practices, the manager analyzes, implements, and evaluates clinical learning initiatives and efforts to promote professional competence and growth of team members in various settings. The position provides leadership support to the Illinois and Wisconsin Division Respiratory Education Committee and supports site respiratory education team members. Supports quality improvement initiatives.
Major Responsibilities:
Supports development, coordination and evaluation of professional development activities for team members at all levels across the care continuum in alignment with the respiratory strategic plan.
Advances the clinical profession by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting lifelong learning. Uses critical thinking and analytical skills including the integration of best available evidence into practice and generating new knowledge through scientific inquiry and research.
Analyzes local issues, trends and supporting data to understand need and validate gaps. Determines the specific knowledge, skill or opportunity in each situation.
Advises, consults and influences the design, development, implementation and evaluation of material, learning environments and teaching strategies appropriate to the situation, learners' development level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn and culture.
Supports service line projects and processes as directed.
Assesses the need for, and assists in, the quality improvement process.
May develop and/or recommend operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.
Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that people actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations, and laws applicable to the organization's business.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.
Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
Active Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential issued by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Education Required:
Graduate from an accredited respiratory care program. Bachelor’s degree in respiratory care or related field required.
Experience Required:
Typically requires 5 experience as a respiratory therapist.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
Knowledgeable in principles of adult learning theory and capable of creative planning, coordinating and overseeing education and orientation programs through in-person and on-line methods to maximize learning and application of that learning
Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and oral communications including strong presentation/speaking skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint.
Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
Demonstrates human relation skills with the ability to develop rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with a variety of patients, team members, and physicians. Ability to take initiative and work collaboratively with others.
Demonstrates time management skills with an ability to multi-task and prioritize in an environment with frequent interruptions.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Generally exposed to a normal office environment.
Position requires travel, therefore may be exposed to weather and road conditions.
Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job
DISCLAIMER
All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.
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Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.