Your Opportunity:
The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), Alberta’s busiest tertiary hospital, is seeking a dedicated Physiotherapist to join our Inpatient Acute Care team. RAH serves over 500,000 patients annually across one-third of Canada’s landmass and is home to specialized programs including Level 2 Trauma/ICU, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Stroke, Cardiac Care, and the Lois Hole Hospital for Women. About the Role: This part-time/full-time role starts on a medicine/surgery/orthopedic unit (~30 beds). You’ll provide physiotherapy to patients recovering from acute illness, surgery, or trauma. Key Responsibilities: Assess functional status post-fall, surgery, or trauma. Develop and adapt treatment plans. Deliver mobility, cardiorespiratory, gait, and pain interventions. Recommend and facilitate rehab equipment. Collaborate with interprofessional teams and attend rounds. Support discharge planning and provide patient/family education. Document care in Connect Care. Manage patients with complex physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs. Participate in mentorship, student supervision, and quality initiatives. Provide care during shared evening/weekend rotation. Why Join Us? Join a collaborative rehab team that includes Physiotherapists, OTs, SLPs, Recreation Therapists, and Therapy Assistants. We offer: Comprehensive onboarding and buddy mentorship. In-services and continuing education. Cross-unit experience and advanced practice learning. Leadership and teaching opportunities. Apply now through AHS Careers and make a difference in acute care rehabilitation.
Description:

As the Physiotherapist I (PT), you will provide therapeutic interventions to enable clients to achieve optimum physical function and independence in development, disease, disability, chronic conditions, illness and functional decline. You will provide intervention (i.e. prevention, triage, screening, assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, treatment, management, education, consultation, fostering resourcefulness, case management, referral and transition support to individuals, groups, populations and communities. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. The PT collaborates with patient(s) and families in determining, implementing and evaluating appropriate rehabilitation strategies. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich supports and engage in quality improvement; partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families and other stakeholders to advance services for their clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community; participates in peer mentoring; and supervises students. You may provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants, Therapy Aides and Provisional Physiotherapists.

• Classification: Physiotherapist I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Rehabilitation Services
• Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

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