Director of Respiratory Services – Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

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Organization:

Clinical Administration

Job Summary:

The Vanderbilt Health Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for a Director of Respiratory Services – Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. The Director of Respiratory Services – Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital leads the Respiratory team in optimizing the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of the therapeutic procedures and techniques utilized by the Respiratory Care personnel for optimal patient care, maintain compliance for all Respiratory Care Blood Gas labs, and ensure appropriate and effective utilization of financial resources.

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Shift: First Shift (Days)

Role Accountabilities:

• Coordinates staff development.
• Oversees all Respiratory Care Blood Gas testing.
• Supervise all Respiratory Care staff clinical performance.
• Manages team and conducts performance reviews.
• Ensures all financial resources are utilized effectively and monitors expenses against budget, order supplies, etc.
• Develop goals and objectives for the department based on interpretation of institutional policy and goals.
• Plan to achieve goals or establish priorities.
• Help the department understand, share, and support the vision.
• Initiate changes in or develop new policies, procedures, and/or methods.
• Analyze the long-range impact of decisions and plans.
• Ensure the most effective operations of the department through program development, process improvement, and coordination/integration of processes with other departments.
• Design, implement, evaluate, and market programs to maximize clinical outcomes, functional status, patient/customer satisfaction, and reimbursement.
• Standardize services, processes, resources, and practices to improve efficiency.
• Supervision includes responsibility for planning, coordinating, and controlling the work and procedures; providing advice/consultation to staff regarding problems.
• Adjust work schedules or project priorities to meet emergencies or changing conditions.
• Participate on departmental and/or interdepartmental committees to address problems and facilitate information exchange about programs, problems, etc. Provide information to others (oral or written) to explain/clarify problems, issues, or requests.
• Participate in periodic management meetings to keep top management informed of department problems and concerns.
• Analyze and evaluate ongoing department programs to identify areas where adjustments/improvements are needed.
• Develop staffing plans to ensure developmental objectives are being met.
• Define and achieve financial targets in support of the business goals of the institution.
• Prepare an annual operating budget for a unit or department, including direct labor, material and supplies, services, equipment maintenance, and replacement.
• Present and justify a proposed budget (operating and capital expenditure) to a management review committee.
• Evaluate organizational functions and structures to best determine the allocation and utilization of resources.
• Analyze and evaluate budget variance to determine cause,
• Prepare justification or develop alternatives for cost containment/reduction.
• Project future budgets based upon analysis of current operations.
• Create and exceed service standards utilizing key service dimension and from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and best practice.
• Establish service standards for the department and determin