Director of Respiratory Care - Orlando Health

ORLANDO HEALTH – HEALTH CENTRAL HOSPITAL
Located in Ocoee, Florida, Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital is a 252-bed comprehensive medical and surgicalacute-care facility that has been serving the residents of west Orange County for more than 70 years. Services range from 24/7 emergency care to heart and vascular and stroke care, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, minimally invasive robotic surgery and more. Our hospital has earned accreditations and designations in many specialty services, including bariatric, spine, stroke, hip replacement and knee replacement. We also have been recognized as a High Performing Hospital in diabetes, heart attack and heart failure by U.S. News & World Report for 2023-2024 and received an “A” Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for Spring 2023.

Orlando Health – Health Central is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond. Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions. “Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you

Position Summary
Assures appropriate, cost effective and safe respiratory care is provided to all patients.

Essential Functions
• Develops and implements policy and procedure manual and assures staff education and compliance.
• Develops, monitors, and reports quality management process improvement in all departmental areas.
• Assures compliance with JCAHO, state and federal regulations.
• Assures that the arterial blood gas laboratory is maintained in accordance with all state and federal regulations and that proper data is maintained for quality control and inspections.
• Responsible for a staff of at least 40 or more full-time equivalents (FTEs) in an individual or multiple departments.
• Coordinates the scheduling and staffing for both inpatient and outpatient procedures diagnostic testing, and critical care transports.
• Recruits, interviews, select, evaluate, and counsels staff.
• Prepares operational and capital budgets – coordinates expenditures, orders supplies, and reconciles charges.
• Prepares administrative and financial reports.
• Acts as a liaison between medical staff, administration and other departments.

Other Related Functions
• Participates in interdepartmental committee work.
• Organizes, prepares and presents educational programs for the department, hospital and community.
• Reviews productivity standards, develops inventory control systems, coordinates payroll, participates in the risk management of the department and other departments, responsible for assuring that all staff are current with clinical competencies, mandatory education, certifications, and employee health regulations.
• The manager is also responsible for the development of new clinical services including purchasing equipment and training staff through an interdisciplinary approach.
• Acts as a liaison to facilitate access to clinical training facilities, corporate education and community.

Education/Training
Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care, Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Business Administration, Health Science Administration, or other related area of study.

Licensure/Certification
• Maintains current Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) license in the state of Florida.
• Registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
• Maintains current BLS/HealthCare Provider certification.

Experience
Five (5) years’ experience as a registered respiratory therapist, including one (1) year of leadership experience in an acute care respiratory unit