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Job Type

Regular Full Time

1

Organizational Department

Sinai Health -> Mount Sinai Hospital -> Allied Health, Respiratory Therapy

Employee Group

Non Union

Location

Mount Sinai Hospital Campus - Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 CA (Primary)

Travel Requirement

Hours (subject to change)

37.5 hours per week

Salary Scale

Job Description

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care. Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home. Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educates future clinical and scientific leaders.

Sinai Health is fully committed to a culture of belonging and an inclusive environment that attracts and retains a diverse workforce, at all levels of the organization that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from racialized persons, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and those from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know through the Accommodation Phone Line at 416-586-4800, ext. 7050, or email [email protected] .

To support us on our journey, Sinai Health System is looking for a Registered Respiratory Therapist to support our Respiratory Therapy department at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Experience the best in Respiratory Therapy!

If you have excellent clinical skills and want to grow clinically and professionally, this is the department for you! You will work across our inpatient medical/surgical units, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Operating Room (OR), and Emergency Department (ED). You will also be an integral interprofessional member in the patient care areas and a key member of our rapid response team.

In the ICU, Respiratory Therapy is responsible for difficult airway management, mechanical ventilation (non invasive conventional, high frequency oscillation, using lung protective strategies), nitric oxide /specialty gas therapies, patient transport, open bedside tracheostomy assistance, bronchoscopy assistance, radial arterial line insertion, hemodynamic monitoring, resuscitation and intubation/extubation.

In the NICU, Respiratory Therapy is responsible for airway management, intubation/extubation, hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation (conventional, high frequency oscillation, jet ventilation, and non-invasive), nitric oxide delivery, surfactant instillation, arterial punctures, arterial line insertion, resuscitation, patient transport, research and resident teaching. Core NICU RRT's are also assigned to the Case room 24 hours per day and work with Neonatology, Anaesthesia and Nursing to provide care to the newborn and mother.

In the OR, Room Respiratory Therapy team is responsible for assisting the Anesthesiologists. This comprehensive role includes all hemodynamic monitoring, checking and administering blood/blood products, peripheral line insertion (arterial and venous), intubations/extubations, topicalizing upper airway, difficult airways, post-operative ventilation, and teaching.

Responsibilities in the ED include initiation of the asthma protocol, airway management and ventilation, patient transport and assistance with procedural sedation. On the medical/surgical wards, RRT’s carry a Critical Care Response Team pager and are integral member of the Rapid Response team.

Other responsibilities include non-invasive ventilation in our surgical step down unit, blood gases, arterial line insertion and monitoring as well as patient education, spirometry, home oxygen assessment, student education, research and mentorship.

Job Requirements

• Membership in good standing with CRTO
• Successful completion of the CBRC exam
• Graduate from an accredited school of Respiratory Therapy
• Member of professional associations (preferred)
• Excellent communication and clinical skills
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance history

5/6/2024

Posting Deadline

5/21/2024

All applications must be submitted by no later than 4:00pm of the posting deadline date. Employment at Sinai Health is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and demonstrating proof of immunity and vaccination status of vaccine-preventable diseases. All employees and affiliates will follow safe work practices and comply with health and safety policies, procedures and training. To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all our people and patients, Sinai Health has made it a priority to support everyone in getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Consistent with this, our Staff Immunization & Surveillance Policy was recently updated to include the requirement for full vaccination – currently defined as receiving two doses and serving a 14-day waiting period following the second dose – in order to be able to work at Sinai Health. To be compliant with our updated Policy, you must provide proof of dual COVID-19 vaccination, as indicated on the Prospective Immunization and Surveillance Policy Information Sheet, in order to be eligible for employment at Sinai Health. If you believe you are one of the very few people who may require an exemption from vaccination, supporting medical information must be submitted to our Occupational Health department, who will review and assess. Sinai Health is a scent sensitive environment, please refrain from wearing or using scented products while visiting or working at any Sinai Health site.