This position is incentive eligible.
Managers thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a(an) Director of Respiratory Therapy for our Overland Park Regional Medical Center team where excellence creates excellence.
Overland Park Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years. Do you want to be an influencer in healthcare? Apply for our Director of Respiratory Therapy role today!
Under supervision of the COO and/or VP Operations, the Director is responsible for overall leadership and management of
the Respiratory Therapy function. This includes the general supervision as well as the clinical performance of Respiratory
Therapists and Team Leads.
The Director also oversees the leadership and development of RT Supervisors and ensures the work of subordinates is allocated and monitored appropriately.
The Director is responsible for integrating their department’s services with the hospitals primary functions.
The Director will also coordinate and integrate services within their department(s) and with other departments.
The Director develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.
The Director recommends a sufficient number of qualified and competent persons to provide care/service and assures the qualifications and competence of those staff members (who are not licensed independent practitioners) meet the needs of patient care and non-patient care services.
The Director provides orientation, in-service training, and continuing education of all persons in their department(s).
The Director continuously assesses and improves their department’s performance and maintains appropriate quality control programs.
The Director recommends space and other resources needed by the department and participates in selecting outside resources needed by their department(s).
EDUCATION:
Associate’s Degree; graduate of an AMA accredited school for Respiratory Therapy.
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum five years RT experience, including Adult, Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care, with one year of recent
supervisory/charge experience preferred.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
· Registered with the National Board for Respiratory Care as an RRT/RCP;
· State Registered Respiratory Therapist
· Current BLS or BLS Instructor
· 5 years’ experience as a Respiratory Therapist
Overland Park Regional Medical Center is a 340+ bed facility offering acute medical services to our patients. We are Johnson County’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Level II Trauma Center. We have an Accredited Stroke and Chest Pain Center. Our hospital is a premier area destination for Women's & Children’s healthcare services. We offer the region’s only Maternal Fetal Health Center to care for critically ill mothers and their babies. Our hospital has an antepartum unit, a labor and delivery unit, and a Level III NICU. We have four emergency rooms, including a dedicated Pediatric emergency room and two freestanding ERs located in Olathe and Shawnee. Each year our colleagues treat over 45,000 patients. Caring for patients is more than a job for us, it's our mission and our calling. OPRMC is part of HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City’s leading healthcare provider in the region.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you're looking for a leadership opportunity that provides both personal satisfaction and professional growth, apply to join HCA Healthcare as a(an) Director of Respiratory Therapy.Unlock your leadership potential with HCA Healthcare.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.
And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.