Respiratory Therapist

OVERVIEW

The Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) is a frontline healthcare professional who works collaboratively within an interprofessional team to provide comprehensive respiratory care to patients with chronic and acute cardiopulmonary conditions.

The Respiratory Therapist in the Long-Term Ventilation (LTV) Unit is responsible for the assessment, treatment, monitoring, and ongoing management of chronically ventilated patients. This role supports evidence-based respiratory care, promotes patient and family education, ensures the safe operation of respiratory equipment, and contributes to quality improvement initiatives across the department.

The Respiratory Therapy Department maintains an affiliation with The Michener Institute and provides clinical education and supervision for Respiratory Therapy students.

This position requires the successful candidate to work rotating days, evenings, nights, weekends, statutory holidays, and on-call shi...