Charge Respiratory Therapist
Core
Supervise respiratory therapy staff, ensure operational safety and continuity, and provide direct clinical respiratory care including airway management and code responses.
Role type
Charge Respiratory Therapist (Clinical Lead)
Builds
Respiratory care services and airway management protocols
Domain
Healthcare / Respiratory Therapy
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Airway management, ventilator management, code blue response, staff supervision, equipment maintenance, diagnostic testing (spirometry, blood gas), patient education, medication administration
Preferred skills
Leadership experience, project management, teaching/mentoring, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
Ventilators, spirometry equipment, MDI devices, aerosolized medication systems
Responsibilities
Supervise and assign workload to staff, coach and mentor staff and students, respond to cardiac and respiratory arrests, assist with airway management and bronchoscopies, manage equipment and supplies, perform diagnostic tests and administer oxygen therapy
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties