Director Respiratory Therapy

Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more. The Sugar Land Cancer Center and the Sugar Land Diagnostic Center, departments with HCA Houston Healthcare West, provide additional services to meet the needs of our community.

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Are you ready to manage in a new era as a Director Respiratory Therapy where building a healthier tomorrow is more than a job? Our HCA Houston Healthcare West team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare West, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Our teams are dedicated to improving human life. Each year about five percent of all U.S. hospital services happen at an HCA Healthcare facility. Be an impact as a Director Respiratory Therapy where your passion for leading and creativity are valued? We want your knowledge and expertise!

Job Summary and Qualifications

This position directs the administrative activities of Cardiopulmonary Services. This position is responsible for the strategy, operation and quality which includes planning, implementation and evaluation of services and resources necessary to position the department(s) to meet the long-term goals and objectives of the organization. Coordinates and evaluates Cardiopulmonary Services for patients receiving the service. Coordinates activities of Cardiopulmonary Services with activities of other departments in the hospital. Responsible for Respiratory Care and EKG/EEG. Will be responsible for knowledge and skill necessary to provide care based on physical, psychological, educational, safety and related criteria for the neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric population.

What you will do in the role:

• Assures that department maintains compliance with accrediting standards.
• Assures that self keeps current of changing regulatory requirements including JCAHO, OSHA,
• ADA, CLIA MEDICARE and Texas Department of Health and assures compliance with all regulatory agencies.
• Creates, implements and directs department policies.
• Oversees administration of assigned departments to assure compliance with organizational goals and objectives, position departments for future challenges in healthcare.
• Prepares annual budget for each department, based on sound accounting principles. Assesses department capital needs and budgets accordingly. 
• Creates economic justifications/explanations for all budgets. 
• Reviews DORs for each department on a monthly basis. Provides justification for negative variances and action plans to address deficit areas. Maintains expenses within budget.
• Effectively utilizes staff within guidelines and adjusts assignments according to changes in units of services.
• Assures patient billing is timely and accurate.
• Consistently checks the accuracy of tech time reports daily.
• Works with departmental staff and multidisciplinary task forces in the formulation of action plans to address quality opportunities. Implements actions to resolve identified opportunities and follows up as appropriate.
• Assures departmental participation on Quality Council and other committees.
• Interviews applicants and makes selections. Makes decisions in promotions, transfers and terminations and communicates these decisions to the Administration for approval as outlined in hospital policy.
• Clinical evaluation of all staff conducted in a timely manner. Goals will be written each performance evaluation period to optimize staff development.
• Supports the philosophy of Kingwood Medical Center by facilitating cooperation of hospital staff in a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
• Consistently provides outstanding service to all patients, physicians, fellow employees, and guests.
• Displays initiative to see processes through to completion and offers assistance without being asked.
• Maintains awareness of own limitations and seeks guidance from appropriate personnel as needed.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelors Degree required

• 2-3 years experience as a Cardiopulmonary Director preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a Cardiopulmonary Department.

HCA Houston Healthcare West is a full-service, 300+ bed hospital that has been offering exceptional care to the West Houston communities for over 30 years. We proudly provide Houston residents with exceptional healthcare, including a vast-array of medical services from board-certified doctors and nationally accredited departments. We are recognized as a Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and under an affiliation agreement with The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, we are able to bring our community The Woman’s Hospital of Texas at West Houston, a three-story cardiac and critical care tower. The Sugar Land Cancer Center and the Sugar Land Diagnostic Center, departments with HCA Houston Healthcare West, provide additional services to meet the needs of our community. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

If this is the kind of dynamic growth opportunity that compels you, apply for the Director Respiratory Therapy role. We are interviewing apply today!

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.