Manager, Respiratory Care Services Resume Example Carilion Medical Center

MANAGER, RESPIRATORY CARE SERVICES

Summary

Hardworking and reliable Registered Respiratory Therapist with strong abilities in critical care and customer service. Offering 20+ years' experience in all areas of respiratory care, team relationship building, and servant leadership. Organized, proactive and punctual with a team-oriented mentality. Positively influencing patient care is my guiding principle.

Skills

Quality patient care champion
Customer service
Financial stewardship
Critical thinking

Conflict resolution
Team building
Staff and relationship development
Coaching/mentoring others

Experience

Manager, Respiratory Care Services12/2006 to CurrentCarilion Medical CenterRoanoke , VA

Responsible for overseeing daily respiratory care department operations including workload disbursement, staff schedules, leading team meetings, policy/procedure revisions, patient experience follow-up, budget planning, regulatory, and compliance enforcement.
Responsible for staff evaluations, continuing education, and coordinating respiratory care training for hospital nursing departments.
Responsible for hiring, training, and counseling respiratory therapy staff.
Clinical respiratory manager accountable for Emergency Department, Women's and Children's areas of respiratory care services. Works clinical areas as necessary during critical staffing levels.
In collaboration with adult co-manager, oversee a total of 125 FTEs in a ~750 bed Level One Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center.
Responsible for the operations of a progressive pediatric respiratory therapy department including special product orders, high frequency jet, high frequency oscillator, NAVA ventilation with Maquet Servo I/U ventilators (NICU and PICU). Surfactant delivery via laryngeal mask airway research study (NICU), bronchiolitis research study using nebulized N-acetylcystine (PICU), Heliox administration via invasive and non-invasive applications
Accountable for nitric oxide delivery systems, orders, and training. INO used in all patient care areas including ORs, adult ICUs, PICU, and NICU.
Responsible for all respiratory therapy new product trials. Worked with Corporate Contracting and vendors for best pricing while following evidence based practices.
Current member of Covid-19 task force including Emergency Dept., Pulmonary Critical Care. and Infection Control Physicians to guide best practices with intubations/extubations, and code blue processes during the pandemic.
Currently practices safe medication delivery and critical care ventilatory support; including maintenance, management, troubleshooting, and training others' on life support systems.

Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Therapist (PRN)05/2004 to 12/2006Carilion Roanoke Community HospitalRoanoke, VA

Provided inter and intrahospital hospital transports for primary neonatal, pediatric, and limited adult patients.
Ground and rotor transport experience.
EVOC Level III certified.
S.T.A.B.L.E. training
Attend high risk neonatal deliveries and provided resuscitation efforts including tracheal intubation.

Clinical Team Leader-Respiratory Care Services10/2003 to 12/2006Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke, VA

Respiratory care Clinical Team Leader responsible for night shift respiratory therapists and shift operation.
Provided clinical input on staff annual evaluations.
Provided shift assignments and supervision to 10-12 FTEs working ED, ICUs, and general floor care.
Responsible for troubleshooting equipment and difficult patient management (high acuity patient care).
Reported adverse events to manager on shift summaries.
Provided bedside new graduate respiratory therapist guidance, training and education in real-time.
On manager approval, adjusted staffing to workload levels through calling off staff, calling in staff, and sending staff home during the shift.

Staff Respiratory Therapist10/1998 to 10/2003Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke, VA

Provided direct care to treat acute and chronic respiratory conditions while utilizing a patient driven assess and treat protocol at a Level One Trauma Center.
Educated patients on treatment options, medication administration, and care plans.
Administered bronchodilators, antibiotics, mucolytics, and corticosteriods via nebulizers, metered-dose inhalers, and positive pressure devices.
Provided Bilevel/CPAP initiation, management, and troubleshooting.
Maintained airway management competency including intubation and extubation.
Setup, patient management, troubleshooting, and liberation of mechanical ventilation in the critical care setting and Emergency Department.
Sensormedics/Carefusion High Frequency Oscillator 3100-B core team member and education resource.
Collected, analyzed and interpreted arterial blood gas samples while maintaining critical values reporting compliance.

Education and Training

Associate of Applied Science: Respiratory Therapy08/1998Jefferson College of Health SciencesRoanoke, VA

BBA: Business Administration12/2011Ashford UniversityClinton, IA

Certifications

NBRC Registered Respiratory Therapist, Registry #75401

Licensure

VIRGINIA #0117003195. Exp. 5-31-2021

NEVADA #RC3320. Exp. 6-30-2021

NEVADA Blood Gas License #58758-TBG-0. Exp 4-8-2022

Activities and Honors

2017-2019 Chair, Respiratory Therapy Advisory Board for Jefferson College of Health Sciences/Radford University Carilion.

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Carilion Medical Center
Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital

School Attended

Jefferson College of Health Sciences
Ashford University

Job Titles Held:

Manager, Respiratory Care Services
Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Therapist (PRN)
Clinical Team Leader-Respiratory Care Services
Staff Respiratory Therapist

Degrees

Associate of Applied Science : Respiratory Therapy 08/1998
BBA : Business Administration 12/2011

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