Facility: Yarmouth Regional Hospital   
Type:  Temporary Full-Time   
Length of Time: Approx. 1 Year

Position Scope:

Regular hours of work will be 75 hours per pay period.

Primary assignment is to provide clinical services to all patient-care areas of the hospital, including Surg/Med units, Pediatrics, Case Room/Nursery, OBS/Maternity, Recovery Room/Day Surgery, OPD/Emergency, Dialysis Unit and Intensive Care Unit.  May also be assigned duties in the Pulmonary Function Testing Lab, Asthma Clinic, COPD Clinic, Sleep Lab and visiting clinics at Roseway Hospital and/or Digby General Hospital.  In addition there may be other Respiratory Therapy duties such as needs assessments, patient or staff teaching and discharge planning, procedures range from simple oxygen and aerosol administration to CPR, mechanical ventilation and emergency transports. 

Required to work weekday, weekend, holiday and emergency-standby shifts as scheduled.  Must be readily available for emergency call-backs within 45 minutes.  Travel to other sites within the District may be required.

Qualifications:

• Must be a graduate of a recognized School of Respiratory Therapy
• Must be certified to practice Respiratory Therapy in Nova Scotia (registered with the CSRT or be registry-eligible)
• Must maintain annual membership with both the CSRT and the RTSNS
• CPR BLS-C within the last two years

As per CUPE Collective Agreement

For South West Health employees, please submit internal application form and recent resume.  For external candidates, please submit completed application (available on website), cover letter, resume and reference contact information to:

Human Resources
South West Health
60 Vancouver Street
Yarmouth NS  B5A 2P5          
Fax (902) 742-1475
Email:  hr@swndha.nshealth.ca
www.swndha.nshealth.ca

Closing Date:  Open
Competition Number:   087-2008R-CB

Offers of employment conditional upon providing a satisfactory criminal records check and, when required a child abuse registry check. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.