Position Details

Department: PCH-EV JV | Respiratory Therapy

Location: Gilbert

Shift: Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun, Shifts Vary, 8am-5pm

Category: Director/Management

Posting #: 1024063

Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

Posting Note: Phoenix Children's is seeking an experienced Respiratory Care Manager to support the development and future operations of our new East Valley Campus. This leadership role is ideal for a Respiratory Therapist with a strong pediatric background and demonstrated experience leading teams, managing day-to-day operations, and supporting high-acuity patient care environments.

The ideal candidate will have experience supervising Respiratory Therapists and possess a strong clinical foundation in NICU and Labor & Delivery, as these specialties are required for the role. Candidates must also hold an NRP certification and be comfortable serving as a hands-on leader who can step in to support clinical operations when needed.
This position will be instrumental in preparing for the East Valley Campus opening and will partner closely with system leaders to build teams, support operational readiness, and ensure exceptional patient care delivery.

Key Areas of Responsibility:
• Lead daily Respiratory Care operations and staff
• Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management
• Support staffing, scheduling, quality initiatives, and operational readiness
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary leaders to optimize patient care
• Maintain 24/7 accountability for department operations
• Serve as both an independent decision-maker and collaborative team leader
• Support high-acuity patient populations including NICU, Labor & Delivery, PICU, Med/Surg, and Emergency Department settings

Required Experience:
• Minimum five years of Respiratory Therapy experience, including leadership and/or supervisory responsibilities
• NICU experience required
• Labor & Delivery experience required
• NRP certification required
• Experience leading Respiratory Therapy teams and day-to-day operations
• Strong pediatric experience preferred

This position assumes administrative responsibility for Respiratory Care Services programs and staff. Assumes responsibility for financial oversight, positive customer relations, performance management, process improvement, planning and directing staff members. Collaborates with leaders on performance standards, systems, and processes to optimize care excellence in an efficient, effective manner while supporting the mission, vision and values of Phoenix Children's.

Position Duties

• I. Clinical Leadership
  
  1. Maintains 24/7 accountability for patient care operations. Works with unit leadership and House Supervisors to support unit needs and access to leadership representation 24 hours, 7 days a week.
  2. Responsible for collaborating with colleagues to develop and implement the patient care philosophy, standards of practice, department goals, policies and procedures.
  3. Assesses necessary respiratory therapy personnel are available to meet fluctuating census, acuity and budgetary goals. Implements innovative and effective recruitment, retention and onboarding strategies in collaboration with Director, HR and other departments/disciplines to meet unit needs as well as to foster growth and staff satisfaction.
  4. Ensures continual delivery of high quality respiratory care.
  5. Assures compliance of DNV and CMS standards as well as other regulatory agencies
  6. Enforces adherence to state board of respiratory and to other governing agency regulations; measures health outcomes against standards; makes or recommends adjustments.
  7. Remains current and works towards best practice in leadership, management, clinical knowledge and Phoenix Children's policies and procedures. Incorporates expertise by serving as a resource related to clinical aspects of areas of responsibility.
• II. Human Resource Management
  
  1. Manages all aspects of personnel administration for unit(s) of responsibility including by not limited to recruitment, interviewing, selection of professional, technical or supervisory staff.
  2. Implement strategies to foster staff's high engagement, maintain low staff turnover, and support high level of staff satisfaction.
  3. Assists staff with goal setting; implements continual performance development.
  4. Evaluates staffing patterns/needs; match staff competency with patient acuity.
  5. Effectively manages grievances in collaboration with appropriate leadership and Human Resources, monitors staff for fitness for duty, performance improvement and initiates corrective action as appropriate.
  6. Identifies key performance indicators; establishes data collection methodology; evaluates performance data; responds to outcome measurement findings; complies with documentation requirements.
  7. Works collaboratively with Supervisors to identify staff performance issues/needs, provides feedback and support to address staff issues requiring immediate intervention, and identifies educational needs to ensure maintenance of established performance, competency, and quality standards.
  8. Monitors/reviews RISE safety reports and collaborates with Supervisors for trends; develops and implements strategies to address drifts in practice.
  9. Assesses customer and patient satisfaction; develop strategies to address satisfaction issues.
  10. Develops and supervises staff through provision of timely feedback and use of
  appropriate Human Resource policies and tools to facilitate and ensure the ability of staff to achieve highest level of professional growth and desired performance standards.
  11. Collaborates with unit-based Education Specialist for orientation and ongoing professional development of all staff.
  12. Participates both proactively and retroactively in assessing and reviewing quality of care by utilizing modalities such as rounding, data collection through dashboards, etc. and participating in event reviews, as appropriate.
• III. Financial Management
  
  1. Provides timely review and feedback to management team for fiscal responsibilities of designated areas reflecting optimal utilization of all resources.
  2. Works in collaboration with other leaders and departments to develop, secure approval for, and monitor revenue, expenses and capital budget for areas of responsibility.
  3. Reviews financial data monthly and recommends/implements strategies to ensure compliance with approved budgets.
  4. Conducts ongoing evaluation of productivity.
• IV. Strategic Management
  
  1. Establishes and oversees unit-based goals in conjunction with division and organizational goals/priorities.
  2. Supports the growth of Phoenix Children's; participates in the development and implementation of programs, as applicable.
  3. Oversees all aspects of care delivery, both direct and indirect, for areas of responsibility.
  4. Facilitates, attends and participates, as appropriate, in medical staff, hospital and patient care area committees.
  5. Facilitates a structure of shared governance; support a just culture.
  6. Supports unit based and system wide research and quality improvement initiatives.
  7. Influences the practice of nursing through participation/professional organizations.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.