The Respiratory Care (RC) Clinical Manager is responsible for managing the daily direct patient care operations of the respiratory care division, ensuring policies, procedures, and practice guidelines are followed; providing clinical expertise, leading the respiratory therapists in providing developmentally appropriate care and evaluating outcomes; ensuring compliance with quality, safety initiatives and clinical practices. The Clinical Manager ensures the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives to improve performance and the patient care experience in a cost-effective manner. The Clinical Manager is a partner with others in the healthcare leadership team to enhance clinical practice by coaching for performance and promotion of professional growth. The Clinical manager provides leadership and management to the department team members while assisting/collaborating with the department Director in the hiring process, disciplinary process, and budget planning/monitoring.
Position Information:
Location: Colorado Springs Hospital - Respiratory
Job Status: Fulltime - 80 hours per pay period
Shift: Monday - Friday - Business Hours
POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
Neonate - <30 days
Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all the following essential functions. These examples do not include all the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.
Directs and manages the daily operations of the department to ensure policies, procedures, and guidelines are being followed. Utilizes evidence-based practice to develop and maintain policies, procedures and guidelines for practice.
Assists the Director in developing and communicating departmental strategic plan and annual goals, ensuring employees are focused on priorities. Ensures the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives to enhance clinical practice and professional growth.
Provides clinical expertise, leading department team members in providing developmentally appropriate care and evaluating outcomes for infants and children with complex health care needs.
Represents the department in meetings with senior leadership or with leaders from other areas of the hospital. Serves as a representative on various committees. Fosters collaborative relationships that benefit the organization.
Interprets and explains regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to employees and ensures compliance with applicable quality and safety initiatives and practices.
Ensures staff and financial resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and department needs within budget restraints.
Round with patients, families and team members to promote a quality patient-family experience
Resolves escalated, complex, or controversial operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
Collaborate with Director to establish performance metrics for department.
Works with Associate Clinical Managers to achieve department outcomes, performance and professional development standards; identifies opportunities for continual improvement to performance standards.
Continuously strives to improve clinical, educational, research, and advocacy programs in department; sets and models high performance standards that empower staff to achieve agreed upon outcomes. Encourages clinically based research projects to evaluate practice outcomes and mentors department team members in creating/evaluating projects.
Trains, develops, and evaluates department's emerging leaders. Creates a worker-friendly environment that develops and realizes the full potential of department team members.
Makes decisions on hiring, terminations, promotions, and disciplinary actions as required, taking into consideration feedback from Associate Clinical Managers.
Assists the Director in developing departmental budget recommendations, and monitors expenditures to align with organizational financial goals.
Minimum Qualifications
EDUCATION - Master's degree at time of hire or in progress (Actively enrolled in a Master's degree program).
EXPERIENCE - Five years of clinical experience to include at least two years of leadership experience in a supervisory/Associate Clinical Manager's role.
CERTIFICATION(S) - BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire. Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credentialed by the National Board for Respiratory Care. Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care Specialist (RRT-NPS) preferred.
LICENSURE - Colorado Respiratory Therapist License
Professional Membership(s): Active membership in the American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC).
Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.
Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $105,046.99 to $157,570.49
Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.
As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.
Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.
EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.
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Children's Hospital Colorado
$105,046.99 to $157,570.49
vision insurance, parental leave, paid time off, 403(b)
Mar 12, 2026