Union: ONA
Number of Positions: 1
New or Replacement role: Replacement
Site: Toronto General Hospital
Department: Allied Health, Respiratory Therapy
Reports to: Manager, Allied Health
Salary: $40.34 - $50.43 per hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Various (Days, Nights, Weekends)
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Closing Date: May 31, 2026
Position Summary
Respiratory Therapists provide respiratory therapy service 24/7 to patients in the Intensive Care Units, Emergency Department, Operating Rooms, Post Anesthetic Care Rooms, Wards and in other specialty areas such as the Hyperbaric Medicine Unit.
Duties
- assisting with airway management; responding to all cardiac and respiratory arrest, trauma; attending intra and inter-hospital transports of critically ill patients;
- administer specialty aerosolized and MDI medications;
- acting as a resource for the nurses, residents and allied health personnel in Respiratory/Airway related care;
- participating in teaching patients the use of Respiratory Therapy equipment for both hospital and home care use;
- performing diagnostic tests such as bedside spirometry, oxygen saturation, blood gas analysis, administering oxygen and other medical gas therapy;
- assist with bronchoscopies managing all ventilated patients according to departmental ventilation protocols; being an integral member of the healthcare team.