Work setting

• Aerospace industry

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team
• Coordinate patient care
• Evaluate patient care and progress
• Examine patients to assess general physical condition
• Implement an interdisciplinary plan of care
• Interpret medical test results
• Perform diagnostic tests
• Perform or assist with interventions such as airway maintenance, line insertions, inductions and intubations
• Plan patient care
• Operate and monitor respiratory equipment to administer treatments
• Ensure infection control
• Monitor patients and advise physician of any changes in patients' condition
• Assist with transport of high-risk patients

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certificate
• Certificate of Registry from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists - R.R.T.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Area of specialization

• Intensive care
• Emergency care

Respiratory therapist specialization

• Critical care

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Adult Abuse Registry check
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Client focus
• Initiative
• Organized

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
• Stocks/shares

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

• Other benefits
• Travel insurance
• Variable or compressed work week