Description: Job Summary:

Supervises local staff in providing high quality, patient-focused, and cost-effective pulmonary clinical services. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Essential Responsibilities:

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. Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in respiratory care, in a multi-faceted health care system, multi- service provider setting or academic setting required.

Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

• Respiratory Care Practitioner License (California)

• Registered Respiratory Therapist Certificate from National Board of Respiratory Care

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of budgeting, staffing, systems, quality improvement, and clinical care delivery in an inpatient setting.


• Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations.


• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in respiratory care, health care administration, nursing, business admin OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.

Primary Location: California,Downey,Downey Medical Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 10:30 PM
Working Hours End: 07:00 AM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Team Leader/Supervisor
Department: Downey Medical Center - Respiratory Therapy-Inpatient - 0806
Pay Range: $103800 - $134310 / year The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: No
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest

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