(PERMANENT FULL-TIME) PHYSIOTHERAPIST - GERIATRIC PROGRAM (GDU)

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, develop and implement physical therapy programs in accordance with the standards and scope of practice of the College of Physiotherapists.
• Provide assessment, treatment and consultative services on a regular basis as a member of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Submit written reports and assessment findings on an ongoing basis consistent with goals and objectives of patient treatment.
• Assess patient potential capacity for effective body movement and present findings with recommendations to other team members at case conferences.
• Provide individual treatments as condition warrants utilizing electrotherapy and exercise modalities, hot and cold packs, paraffin wax, ultrasound, whirlpool, interferential current and T.E.N.s.
• Provide ambulation programs and exercise classes to patients.
• Assess and provide seating and mobility aids (e.g., walkers, canes, braces, wheelchairs).