Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory Therapist, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

Vancouver, BC

Join the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at BC Children's Hospital or the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre — Where Specialized Care Meets Compassionate Family Support

**Relocation expenses up to $5,000 available for qualified candidates

Learn more about this opportunity and hear from the leadership team in our virtual info session on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025, 3:00 PM PST.Please RSVP in advance using Eventbrite link: Respiratory Therapist Virtual Info Session Tickets, Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM | Eventbrite

Are you passionate about making a profound difference in the lives of critically ill newborns, infants, children, and their families? Join the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at BC Children's Hospital or the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre—together, the province's only quaternary referral centres caring for the most complex newborns and children from across British Columbia and the Yukon.

In these highly specialized environments, you'll develop expertise in critical care for fragile newborns or children, playing a vital role in resuscitation, stabilization, and transport. Whether supporting a high-risk delivery, managing complex cases, or providing life-saving interventions in urgent scenarios, you'll be part of a team that makes an extraordinary impact every day.

Our NICU's family-centered design features 70 single-family rooms, keeping mothers, newborns, and families together—because healing happens best when families are united. In the PICU, you'll work within a dynamic environment that treats more than 1,200 critically ill children each year, providing specialized therapies and technologies available only at BC Children's Hospital.

If you're ready to join a supportive, innovative environment where compassion, collaboration, and family-centered care are at the heart of everything we do, the PICU or the NICU at BC Children's and Women's Hospitals are the perfect place to grow your career.

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 summaries of research activities as required.
• Attend departmental and program meetings to provide or exchange information.
• Participate in departmental, program and health centre committees.
• Participate in the education and mentoring of students, staff members, physicians and other health care professionals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What you bring

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of Respiratory Therapy and successful completion of the Canadian Board of Respiratory Care examination.
• Current and continuing registration with British Society of Respiratory Therapists (BCSRT) and the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT).
• Current Basic Life Support certification.
• Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification.
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within BCCH and BCW contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, BC Human Rights Code, Anti-racism Data Act and how they intersect across the health care system.

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to organize work, set priorities, meet deadlines and function efficiently despite interruptions and workload fluctuations.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with all team members.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge of and ability to operate all pertinent respiratory related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
• Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.

What we bring

Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That's why we're focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.

• Join one of BC's largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
• Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as our San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
• PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options to support our people (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
• Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.

Job Type
: Regular Full/Part Time Opportunities

Wage:
$ $47.31/hour

Location:
4500 Oak Street, Vancouver BC, V6H 2N9

Job Requisition:
RT-ALL