Respiratory Care - Interventional Bronchoscopy Shift Lead

Tampa General Hospital • Tampa, FL

9d

About The Position

Under general supervision of the Manager of Respiratory Care Operations the Respiratory Shift Lead plays a pivotal role in improving patient access/flow and enhancing safety using clinical expertise, leadership, organizational awareness, and critical thinking skills. Provides clinical and administrative support to team members providing (direct/indirect) care to patients during designated shift, providing coverage 24 hr. a day 7 days a week. Serves as the in-house point of contact for Respiratory staff on shift with responsibility to facilitate intra-departmental shift specific operations and to contact off-site departmental/administrative resources when appropriate.
Leadership
• Coordinate day-to-day bronchoscopy operations in Endoscopy and Cardiac OR environments.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, equipment availability, and room readiness for scheduled and emergent cases.
• Serve as the primary clinical and operational resource for interventional bronchoscopy procedures.
• Support robotic and advanced bronchoscopy programs across all procedural areas.
• Collaborate with OR, Endoscopy, Respiratory, and physician teams to optimize case flow and turnover times.
Demonstrates ability to assign distributed work assignments to the Respiratory team members on duty and evaluates the work performance of team members supervised. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in respiratory therapy.
• At least 3 years of demonstrated leadership experience, including managing teams and or projects.
• Bachelor's in Healthcare, Business Administration, Cardiopulmonary _ or equivalent
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from FL DOH
• BLS
• ACL
• Plus ACCS or NPS or RPFT or CPFT or SDS or AE-C

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day bronchoscopy operations in Endoscopy and Cardiac OR environments.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, equipment availability, and room readiness for scheduled and emergent cases.
• Serve as the primary clinical and operational resource for interventional bronchoscopy procedures.
• Support robotic and advanced bronchoscopy programs across all procedural areas.
• Collaborate with OR, Endoscopy, Respiratory, and physician teams to optimize case flow and turnover times.
• Assign distributed work assignments to the Respiratory team members on duty and evaluates the work performance of team members supervised.
• Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level