Job Summary

Provide administrative oversight and direction to the long-range planning and daily operations of the Occupational Lung Center. Responsible for budget development and oversight, quality improvement processes, customer service, and patient care services.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for long-range planning for the department based on types of services required by the West Virginia Workers' Compensation Division and other clients. • Ensure the provision of comprehensive state-of-the-art pulmonary services. • Manage the staff in the provision of services. Responsible for hiring, performance, planning, and disciplinary actions. Ensure the staff are competent to perform their job assignments. Demonstrate positive staff relations. Schedule staff from other departments appropriately to provide contracted services. • Ensure customer satisfaction through service delivery to patients as well as report timeliness to requesting parties. • Manage the departmental quality process including the Performance Improvement Plan, competency validation and quality assurance monitoring and reports. • Develop and monitor the department budget. Offer recommendations for enhancing revenue and appropriately reducing expenses. • Exhibit excellent communication skills. Respond to and resolve customer service issues. • Participate on committees as assigned. • Responsible for supplies and inventory control. • Provide various reports as requested/required. • Responsible for the Department Policy and Procedure Manual. • Maintain department, institution, and licensure (if applicable) required education. Document appropriately. • Demonstrate positive customer service and co-worker relations. • Participate in the continuous, quality improvement activities of the department and institution. • Perform work in a cost effective manner. • CLINICAL DUTIES AS NEEDED: Performs timely, effective, accurate and safe administration of pulmonary function tests. a.Spirometry:Forced vital capacity and subdivision, bronchodilator administration. • Lung Volumes: Thoracic gas volumes or gas dilution methods. c. Airway resistance / conductance: perform manual adjustments to open/closed shutter d. Single breath carbon monoxide diffusion capacity • Perform system calibration and verification. • Perform quality control-pulmonary diagnostic systems. • Perform steady state exercise with ECG monitoring and pulse oximetry. • Perform 12 lead elecenterocardiograms • Perform bronchial challenge testing. • Assist physicians with interpretation of results. • Monitor reference values • Arterial puncture-single stick or cannulation • Local anesthesia administration for arterial punctures. • Interpret blood gas analysis and evaluate patients with chest pains & make recommendations to physician(s). • Evaluate patients' need for supplemental oxygen during visit to OLC. • Identify any adverse patient response to procedures. • Perform timely and accurate cacdlulating / reporting of test results. • Review outside diagnostic data for OP Boards • Provide technical training for respiratory therapy students as necessary. • Provide technical training for residents, interested physicians, and attorney groups. • Provide technical training for insurance commission as needed. • Provide expertise to staff technologists in difficult cases. • Recalculate pulmonary data to required reference values for attorneys when requested. • ALL OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Patient Group Knowledge (Only applies to positions with direct patient contact) The employee must possess/obtain (by the end of the orientation period) and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment or care as defined by the department’s identified patient ages. Specifically the employee must be able to demonstrate competency in: 1) ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of patient needs; 2) knowledge of growth and development; and 3) understanding of the range of treatment needed by the patients. Competency Statement Must demonstrate competency through an initial orientation and ongoing competency validation to independently perform tasks and additional duties as specified in the job description and the unit/department specific competency checklist. Common Duties and Responsibilities (Essential duties common to all positions) 1. Maintain and document all applicable required education. 2. Demonstrate positive customer service and co-worker relations. 3. Comply with the company's attendance policy. 4. Participate in the continuous, quality improvement activities of the department and institution. 5. Perform work in a cost effective manner. 6. Perform work in accordance with all departmental pay practices and scheduling policies, including but not limited to, overtime, various shift work, and on-call situations. 7. Perform work in alignment with the overall mission and strategic plan of the organization. 8. Follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures, as applicable. 9. Perform related duties as assigned.

Education 

Credentials 

• Licensed Resp Therapist Regist (Required)
• Pulmonary Function Tech, Reg (Required)

Work Schedule: Days

Status:  Full Time Regular 1.0

Location: General-600 Morris St.

Location of Job: US:WV:Charleston

Talent Acquisition Specialist: Anita J. Ferguson anita.ferguson@vandaliahealth.org