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Located in N.E. Calgary, the Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is an acute care hospital providing inpatient and outpatient services. With over 600 beds, PLC offers Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics, Women’s Health, and Critical Care and serves as the Vascular Centre for Southern Alberta, Southwestern Saskatchewan, and Southeastern British Columbia. The Allied Health Department includes Rehabilitation and Spiritual Care professionals who collaborate as part of an interdisciplinary team to deliver patient- and family-centered care. Reporting to the Clinical Leader and Allied Health management, the successful candidate will assess, treat, educate, and manage patients across areas such as general medicine, orthopedics, general and vascular surgery (including amputee rehab), intensive care, and emergency. Caseloads vary based on operational needs, and coverage across units may be required to maintain workload balance. This role is physically demanding, involving frequent lifting and patient transfers. The Physiotherapist I ensures evidence-based practice aligned with clinical standards. Candidates must demonstrate strong patient- and family-centered care strategies and foster inclusive environments that respect diverse populations, including ethno-cultural, equity-seeking, racialized, faith-based, LGBTQ2S+, vulnerable, marginalized individuals, persons with disabilities, and all age groups.
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: Allied Health Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 06-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 26-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 23-MAY-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 20 Shifts per cycle: 100 Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $42.51 Maximum Salary: $56.60 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program. Current registration with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Relevant experience working in an adult acute care setting within the last 3 years. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with colleagues, members of the interdisciplinary team, patients and families in a dynamic health care setting. Demonstrated problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize workload to -keep pace in a busy multi-disciplinary patient care. Demonstrates behaviours consistent with the values of AHS – Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Safety. Job demands A high level of physical effort is required related to clinical caseload. Includes maintaining a standing position, perform up to a medium level of work (20-50lbs handled occasionally) including bending and/or rotation related to client transfers or therapeutic intervention. Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the following acute care areas: Orthopedics, General Medicine, and Critical Care. Previous Connect Care training is an asset. Understanding of trauma informed care principles.
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Responsibilities
Assess, treat, educate, and manage patients across acute care areas, providing rehabilitation interventions that support physical function and independence. Collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams on care strategies, quality improvement, mentoring, and supervision of students and support staff.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in physiotherapy, current registration with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta, recent adult acute care experience, and Basic Cardiac Life Support certification. Candidates must have strong communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, conflict-resolution, organizational, and time-management skills, and be able to meet the role's physical demands.
Skills
- Physiotherapy
- Acute Care
- Patient Assessment
- Rehabilitation
- Treatment Planning
- Patient And Family-Centered Care
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Patient Education
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Organization
- Time Management
- Quality Improvement
- Clinical Supervision
- Trauma-Informed Care
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Keywords
- Physiotherapy
- Acute Care
- Inpatient Care
- Outpatient Care
- Rehabilitation
- Orthopedics
- General Medicine
- Vascular Surgery
- Amputee Rehabilitation
- Intensive Care
- Emergency Care
- Patient Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Goal Setting
- Patient Education
- Case Management
- Referral
- Transition Support
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Patient- And Family-Centered Care
- Quality Improvement
- Peer Mentoring
- Clinical Supervision
- Therapy Assistants
- College Of Physiotherapists Of Alberta Registration
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- BCLS-HCP
- Connect Care
- Trauma-Informed Care
