Lead Registered Resp Therapist - Morristown Medical Center

Responsible for providing and performing both basic and advanced therapeutic procedures. The respiratory therapist team leader will help assure the appropriateness, quality, and consistency of all aspects of respiratory care. The team leader will act as the Respiratory Therapy (RT) clinical liaison to physicians, nurses and other health care providers. This position will provide all types of diagnostic and therapeutic Respiratory Therapy procedures, in accordance with hospital and department policies, under the direction of a licensed physician.


Principal Accountabilities:


1. Assesses the need for all types of RT procedures offered at OSUWMC.
2. Administers all types of RT procedures in accordance with current clinical standards and department policies.
3. Assesses the need for ventilators, Bi-PAP/CPAP, oxygen and aerosol equipment in accordance with department policies and protocols.
4. Manages ventilator settings in accordance with ventilator management guidelines.
5. Assures continuity for all aspects of respiratory care (ventilatory weaning, treatment therapy, progress notes, assessments, and patient teaching).
6. Participates in departmental (RT or Unit) quality improvement/utilization management committee, through committee membership, gathering data, and implementing committee directives.
7. Prepares, reviews, and revises departmental policies and procedures as needed.
8. Coordinates, conducts, and prepares minutes for team meetings & huddles.
9. Maintains knowledge of all current, applicable research and information published in peer reviewed medical journals.
10. Assists RT staff, nurses, physicians and other healthcare providers in applying respiratory therapy knowledge to current practice.
11. Provides education for RT staff, nurses, and physicians, at the bedside and in the classroom.
12. Functions as clinical liaison to physicians, nurses and other health care providers.
13. Ensures RT staff participation in rounding.
14. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:
1. Associate of Science degree from an accredited respiratory therapist program, required.
2. Minimum three-year RT experience in hospital and/or physician practice, NJ Respiratory Care Practitioner License and BLS (Basic Life Support) required, Advanced life support expected to have or obtain with 12 months of hire.
3. PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) and CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) experience essential.

Preferred:
1.  Bachelor's degree or higher preferred.

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for  the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years 
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business 

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology,  geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urolo