Allied Health Graduate Student
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
Per diem
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Job details
- Job type
- Per diem
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Classification:
- Allied Health Graduate Student
- Union:
- HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program:
- Physiotherapy
- Primary Location:
- Glenrose Rehabilitation Hsp
- Location Details:
- As Per Location
- Multi-Site:
- Not Applicable
- FTE:
- 0.00
- Posting End Date:
- 28-OCT-2026
- Employee Class:
- Casual/Relief
- Date Available:
- 14-DEC-2026
- Hours per Shift:
- 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks:
- Varies
- Shifts per cycle:
- Varies
- Shift Pattern:
- Days
- Days Off:
- Other
- Minimum Salary:
- $34.01
- Maximum Salary:
- $34.01
- Vehicle Requirement:
- Not Applicable
Enrolled in the final year of an approved and accredited Master's clinical graduate program in Audiology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, or Speech-Language Pathology, leading to eligibility for entry to practice as a regulated health professional in the discipline of study.
Additional clinical practice hours and/or specific course completion may be required to qualify to work in some patient care settings.
Additional Required Qualifications:Candidates must demonstrate strong clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to provide safe, effective, patient-centered care in a supervised clinical setting. Success in this role requires the ability to collaborate within an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, communicate effectively, build therapeutic relationships, and manage conflict professionally. Candidates must be receptive to feedback, recognize their limitations, seek guidance when needed, and work effectively under supervision. They should possess assessment, treatment planning, clinical judgment, and evaluation skills appropriate to their education and experience level. Proficiency with electronic health records, clinical technologies, and computer-based documentation is essential, along with the ability to perform extended periods of computer work, sitting, and standing. The role also involves significant physical demands, including direct patient care activities such as mobility assistance, transfers, therapeutic interventions, and equipment management. Candidates must be able to bend, reach, twist, push, pull, walk throughout the day, and safely lift, carry, and move loads of 20-50lbs as required.
Preferred Qualifications:Demonstrates a strong interest in rehabilitation and physical therapy, with experience engaging patients, families, and caregivers in goal setting, treatment, and discharge planning. Possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills, builds therapeutic relationships, and provides compassionate, patient-centered care. Experience with Connect Care and specialized rehabilitation areas such as neurological, amputee, pediatric, or complex rehab is an asset.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The graduate student at Alberta Health Services will provide supervised patient care on a rehabilitation team, including mobility assistance, transfers, therapy interventions and equipment management. The role also involves assessment, treatment planning and documenting care in electronic health records.
Requirements
Candidates need to be enrolled in the final year of an accredited Master's clinical program in audiology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy or speech-language pathology. They also need clinical reasoning, communication, teamwork skills, computer documentation ability and the physical capacity to lift 20 to 50 lbs.
Skills
- Clinical reasoning
- Patient assessment
- Treatment planning
- Mobility assistance
- Patient transfers
- Therapeutic interventions
- Equipment management
- Electronic health records
- Connect Care
- Documentation
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Patient and family education
- Discharge planning
- Therapeutic relationship building
- Lifting and manual handling
Categories
- Healthcare
- Education
- Social Services
Keywords
- Allied Health
- graduate student
- clinical placement
- physiotherapy
- physical therapy
- occupational therapy
- speech-language pathology
- audiology
- rehabilitation
- Glenrose
- Connect Care
- electronic health records
- per diem
- casual
- patient care
- Alberta Health Services
Seniority
Entry level
Tools
- Electronic health records
- Connect Care
Languages
- English
Fields of study
- Audiology
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Speech-Language Pathology