Respiratory Manager - Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital

  • R-0000049464
  • Charleston, South Carolina
  • Management: Clinical
  • Clinical & Research Support Services
  • Full Time

Job Description Summary

🚚 Relocation assistance: $3,200
Sign On Bonus: $10,000
🦷 Free dental insurance | Low-cost medical | Robust pension plan (fully vested after 8 years, that's a check for the rest of your life!)
📈 Respiratory Professional at South Carolina’s #1 hospital!


The Respiratory Manager directs and manages the operation, patient and physician satisfaction, staff engagement, profitability, and clinical outcomes of assigned inpatient and outpatient departments. Responsible for facilitating the planning, organization, implementation, and control of the resources for optimal performance of the departments in coordination with the Director of Respiratory Therapy. Accountable for delivery of high-quality care and the administrative management of the department on a 24-hour basis.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC005229 CHS - Respiratory Administrative

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-31

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

The Respiratory Manager demonstrates a high level of knowledge in cardiopulmonary physiology. Demonstrates a high level of understanding of the theory of operation of all respiratory care equipment. Maintains knowledge in current evidence based respiratory care practices. Maintains competency in the clinical application of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures outlined in the departmental scope of services. Effectively communicates verbally and over the telephone with co-workers, physicians, nurses, patient, patient family members and the public. Demonstrates understanding and clinical application of infection control techniques and equipment cleaning and disinfection. Must have competency in the clinical care of all age groups including neonates and pediatrics. Demonstrates knowledge of and understanding of OSHA, DHEC, FDA and TJC standards and regulations. Demonstrates a high level of knowledge in basic management skills.

Additional Job Description

Education: Graduate of an AMA approved respiratory care program with sufficient college credits to be registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. If candidate does not have a bachelor’s degree in a related field, it must be completed within three (3) years of hire/transfer date.

Experience: 5 years as a Registered Respiratory Therapist and 2 years of management/supervisory experience.

Licensure/Certification: Registered (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). License by the Board of Medical Examiners of S.C. Must have a current American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers and ACLS.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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MUSC Children's Health

MUSC Children’s Health is part of South Carolina's most comprehensive academic health care system, offering career options at our nationally ranked pediatric hospital, ambulatory surgical and specialty care center, children’s research institute and clinics and patient care sites. We provide the broadest range of advanced care devoted exclusively to the well-being of children.

Our nationally ranked pediatric hospital is located in downtown Charleston, while our primary, urgent, and specialty care clinics can be found throughout the Tri-County area. We proudly care for patients across South Carolina, the southeast region and beyond.

 

MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital

MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital (SJCH) consists of 250 beds and opened in February 2020 as a replacement facility for the MUSC Children’s Hospital, formerly on Ashley Avenue. MUSC SJCH provides the most advanced pediatric care possible in more than 27 specialty areas, in person or through a robust telehealth network, and includes:

  • A Level 1 trauma center and Emergency Department
  • The state’s only pediatric burn center
  • South Carolina's only pediatric solid-organ and bone marrow transplant programs
  • The largest Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit in SC
  • Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center (verified by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program)
  • An advanced fetal care center

The MUSC Pediatric & Congenital Heart Center ranked #4 in the country for the second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2023-2024. The program functions through a nationally unique statewide collaboration of pediatric heart surgeons and cardiologists and is also annually recognized as providing exceptional care by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Public Reporting.  

Pearl Tourville Women's Pavilion

Housed within MUSC SJCH, the Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion (PTWP) seamlessly integrates children’s care and obstetrical services, thereby enhancing safety and improving outcomes in low and high-risk pregnancies. The Advanced Fetal Care Center ensures that families expecting babies with complex congenital birth defects or medical problems receive care from board-certified maternal-fetal medicine providers collaborating with a large multidisciplinary care team of pediatric specialists. The PTWP care is one of only a handful of women’s facilities in the country to offer couplet-care rooms, where newborns and mothers can recover together in an intensive-care setting.

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