A brief overview of duties & responsibilities:
- Assess clients’ physical abilities through evaluative procedures such as functional ability tests and make a physiotherapy diagnosis
- Establish treatment goals with patients based on diagnoses
- Develop and implement physiotherapy treatment plans including therapeutic exercise, manipulations, massage, education, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, and other modalities
- Evaluate the effectiveness of treatment plans and modify them accordingly
- Provide advice on exercise and strategies to implement at home to enhance and or maintain treatment
- Communicate with referring physicians and other healthcare professionals regarding clients’ problems, needs and progress
- Maintain clinical and statistical records and confer with other healthcare professionals
- Develop and implement health promotion programs for clients, staff, and the community
- May conduct research in physiotherapy
Credentials
Certificates, licenses, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- International Physiotherapists who are eligible for Licensure as a Registered Physiotherapists by provincial or territorial authorities
Additional information
Security and safety
- A clean criminal record check
- Vaccination records
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
EDUCATION
Completion of a university, college, or other approved registered Physiotherapists;
Experience
Registered medical Radiation Technologist with at least 24 months above experience in the last 5 years.
Languages
- Valid TEF For French
- IELTS Academic or TOEFL
Work Setting
Hospital and Laboratory environment