Neonatal Respiratory Care Supervisor

Payroll Title:
RESP CARE SUPV 2 Department:
NEONATAL CLINICAL SUPPORT CTR Hiring Pay Scale
$132,300 - $181,500 / Year Worksite:
Hillcrest Appointment Type:
Career Appointment Percent:
100% Union:
Uncovered Total Openings:
1 Work Schedule:
Eves, 12-Hour Shifts, Sunday-Saturday


#139877 Neonatal Respiratory Care Supervisor

Filing Deadline: Fri 6/12/2026
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UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.

DESCRIPTION

The Neonatal Respiratory Therapy Supervisor provides clinical leadership, operational oversight, and technical expertise for Respiratory Therapists delivering highly specialized care to neonatal patients in the NICU. This role ensures the safe, effective, and continuous provision of advanced respiratory services to critically ill and medically complex newborns.

Clinical Oversight and Expertise

• Oversees and supports delivery of specialized neonatal respiratory care, including advanced mechanical ventilation, high-frequency oscillatory and Jet ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, and non-invasive respiratory support.
• Ensures readiness and expert response for neonatal emergencies, including code events, airway emergencies, and high-risk deliveries requiring immediate resuscitation.
• Provides guidance and clinical decision support for ventilator management, oxygen titration, weaning strategies, and alarm response.
• Maintains oversight of specialized procedures such as arterial and capillary blood sampling, umbilical cord blood gas analysis, bronchoscopic assistance, airway clearance, and artificial airway management.

Patient Safety and Specialized Procedures

• Ensures only competency-validated neonatal RTs perform high-risk and non-transferable responsibilities unique to NICU care.
• Oversees respiratory support during transport of ventilated neonates to and from radiology, operating rooms, recovery areas, emergency departments, and intensive care units.
• Supervises respiratory involvement in neurologic protection therapies, including therapeutic hypothermia (body cooling) and EEG setup, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Leadership and Staff Management

• Provides direct supervision, mentorship, and clinical leadership to NICU Respiratory Therapists.
• Manages staff coverage and ensures adequate neonatal expertise is available at all times for deliveries, emergencies, and transport needs.
• Oversees competency assessment, training, and maintenance of neonatal-specific skills and certifications.
• Supports interdisciplinary collaboration with neonatologists, nurses, anesthesiology, radiology, and surgical teams.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policies, regulatory standards, and best practices in neonatal respiratory care.
• Monitors quality metrics related to ventilation, blood gas analysis, emergency response, and patient outcomes.
• Supports participation in medical research and quality improvement initiatives within the NICU.
• Acts as a clinical resource and escalation point for complex neonatal respiratory situations.

The Neonatal Respiratory Therapy Supervisor plays a critical leadership role in safeguarding neonatal patient outcomes, ensuring that highly specialized respiratory therapies are delivered by trained experts, and maintaining the operational integrity of NICU respiratory services at UCSD.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration or related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner in the state of California.
• Five (5) or more years of relevant neonatal experience.
• Experience and proven success in clinical respiratory care operations, industry technology and equipment, neonatal respiratory care experience, experience in attending high risk deliveries.
• Ability to apply principles to an acute care setting to ensure respiratory program meet standards and regulations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Clinical specialty certification.
• Three (3) or more years of demonstrated leadership experience.
• NRP Instructor.
• Experience with respiratory equipment repair management and troubleshooting in partnering with Clinical Technology.
• Experience in education curriculum development including video production.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.
• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

Pay Transparency Act


Annual Full Pay Range: $108,100 - $204,900 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)


Hourly Equivalent: $51.77 - $98.13


Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

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If employed by the University of California, you will be required to comply with our Policy on Vaccination Programs, which may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

If applicable, life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands-on practice and in-person skills assessment; online-only certification is not acceptable.

UC San Diego Health is the only academic health system in the San Diego region, providing leading-edge care in patient care, biomedical research, education, and community service. Our facilities include two university hospitals, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, the only Burn Center in the county, and dozens of outpatient clinics. We invite you to join our team!


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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.


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• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace