Physiotherapist I

Job summary

Provide therapeutic interventions and rehabilitation strategies to help clients achieve optimal physical function and independence. Collaborate with patients, families, and interprofessional teams on care planning, education, quality improvement, mentoring, and supervision of students and therapy staff.

Job details

Your Opportunity: Grande Prairie is a growing city with over 60,000 residents and serving approximately 260,000 people in our area. This position is based in the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. Grande Prairie has something for everyone! Outdoor and indoor recreation opportunities are available at the numerous parks and golf courses, in addition to a state of the art recreation facility and library. The city also has a vibrant arts and culture community with an art gallery, a few museums, and live theater Your opportunity is in a fast paced, dynamic, multi-disciplinary acute care setting including possible placements in the Stroke Unit Equivalency Care team, In-patient Rehabilitation, ICU, the Emergency Room, Surgery and Medicine. We would love the opportunity to speak with you to share the opportunities and discuss your areas of interest. Our manager’s phone number is 780 538 7360. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. This position qualifies as a difficult to recruit position and as such for the Rural Capacity Investment Fund (RCIF) recruitment incentive. 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: Physiotherapy Primary Location: Grande Prairie Rgnl Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 02-DEC-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 12-DEC-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days 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: As required. Preferred Qualifications: As required.

What you’ll do

Provide therapeutic interventions and rehabilitation strategies to help clients achieve optimal physical function and independence. Collaborate with patients, families, and interprofessional teams on care planning, education, quality improvement, mentoring, and supervision of students and therapy staff.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in physiotherapy from an accredited university program and current registration with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta are required. Additional qualifications are listed as required, without further details.

Benefits

• Remote Retention Allowance
• Recruitment Incentive

Listed skills

• assessment · Preferred
• Quality Improvement · Preferred
• case management · Preferred
• Interprofessional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Physiotherapy
• Triage
• Screening
• Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Goal Setting
• Treatment Planning
• Patient Education
• Consultation
• Case Management
• Referral Coordination
• Rehabilitation
• Interprofessional Collaboration
• Quality Improvement
• Student Supervision
• Clinical Supervision

Job areas

• Healthcare

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