Clinical Sleep Consultant

At Air Liquide Home Healthcare Canada, we believe in patient-centered care and innovation. We’re on a mission to help transform healthcare for the better. From advancing and digitizing our tools, products, and systems, to forging meaningful relationships with our patients.

Air Liquide Home Healthcare Canada is a leading provider of sleep apnea tests, treatments, and home oxygen services. We partner closely with the healthcare community to deliver an exceptional patient experience that supports health, wellness, and collaborative medicine.

Ready to be part of this global family of companies making a difference in the quality of life for patients around the world?

**How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?**:
VitalAire Canada is the Canadian home healthcare subsidiary of Air Liquide, the world leader in gases, medical technologies and services for Industry and Healthcare. VitalAire empowers patients who have sleep apnea or require home oxygen therapy through ongoing respiratory support and compliance.
VitalAire is currently recruiting a highly energetic and motivated Clinical Sleep Consultant for our Vancouver branch.

The Clinical Sleep Consultant provides all respiratory services with a focus on Sleep Diagnostics and Therapeutics to the client while collaborating with referring physicians and ensuring patient safety. The incumbent will work directly with all clients, referral sources and funding agencies to deliver high quality clinical evidence based care.
- Conduct appointments and set-up of equipment for sleep diagnostic testing based on American Academy Sleep Medicine (AASM) guidelines.
- Evaluate client therapies based on referrals and then determine respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians.
- Initiate PAP therapy when prescribed, providing patients with education, instructions of use, and cleaning and maintaining of their equipment.
- Provides appropriate regular follow-up to clients to evaluate effects of therapeutic care, recommending adjustments and modifications if required to increase compliance and comfort with therapy.
- Actively promotes related products and provides solutions to client needs.
- Responsible for maintaining most up to date continuing education as related to the position to ensure that clients are receiving most current therapies and devices.
- Recognizes the importance of client safety in the Air Liquide Healthcare organization.
- Responsible for following established company protocols for the cleaning and disinfection of all equipment.
- Responsible for all required administration tasks.
- Responsible for complying and maintaining knowledge of all funding processes and systems.
- Ensures quality documentation through completion of all company documentation and forms (both digital and non-electronic) as per policy.
- Maintains client confidentiality and protects Air Liquide Healthcare’s operations by keeping information confidential.
- Seeks to continuously improve the operation of the branch by evaluating processes and workflow, and participating in other quality improvement activities.
- Provides new staff and student instruction, supervision and evaluation when necessary.
- Participates in oxygen and other respiratory services including on call when required.

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**Are you a MATCH?**:

- Here’s what you will need _
- A designation of either a Registered Respiratory Therapist, Registered Nurse, RPN, LPN, RPSGT, or CCSH
- College Certificate or Diploma in a Technical/ Medical Science field where permitted
- Licensed to practice with the provincial governing body
- Good knowledge of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and CPAP therapy
- What’s in it for you _
- Competitive total rewards : Salary, bonus, flex benefits & pension plan
- Work/life integration : From standard hours to personal time off
- Inclusive workplace : Bring your whole self to work as you learn and grow
- Meaningful work: Do work that matters
- Culture of safety: We weave safety and wellness into all that we do
- Additional Information _

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