Position Overview
Respiratory Therapist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Vancouver, BC
What you’ll do
Review patient’s medical history, conduct assessments of the patient’s pathophysical condition, recommend appropriate care and document patient response and outcomes.Set up, checks, perform specified quality control procedures and operate respiratory equipment, making adjustments as appropriate.Initiate, monitor and assess ventilator dependent patients as per care protocols and daily care.Recommend and administer individualized medical gas therapies.Provide invasive and non-invasive cardio-pulmonary monitoring.Evaluate patient’s responses during testing, therapies and related treatments; make changes as appropriate; observe and record data on patient chart.Respond to cardiac arrests and other emergency calls.Prepare reports, statistical information and su...