physiotherapy assistant

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College/CEGEP

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Administer evaluative tests
• Administer eye drops, ointments and medications as directed by ophthalmologists
• Administer tests using equipment, instruct patients on test procedures and record results, and monitor, check and calibrate auditory equipment
• Assess patients' physical abilities
• Assist health care professionals
• Assist physicians in the assessment of patients
• Carry out treatment programs, under the direction of physiotherapists and/or occupational therapists, to rehabilitate patients with various injuries or disabilities
• Develop information materials for patients
• Examine adult clients to assess hearing loss, recommend type of hearing instrument, take earmold impressions and perform follow-up examinations and readjustments
• Examine the patient
• Follow through on treatment programs with patients
• Help medical examiner in charge
• Help physical therapists
• Maintain inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
• Maintain prescription records
• Make decisions on tests and procedures
• Record test results and medications given by ophthalmologists
• Set up and dismantle equipment
• Supervise technical and support staff
• Administer evaluative tests and procedures
• Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
• Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products
• Hire and train staff
• Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
• Reassemble equipment and assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments
• Record information about donors
• Record vital signs
• Assist chiropractor with patient health education
• Clean and dress wounds
• Order and purchase equipment
• Plan physiotherapy programs
• Prepare solutions for preservation of specimens
• Administer budget
• Provide post donation care and donor reaction care
• Remove casts, sutures and pins
• Remove organs and tissue specimens from bodies in morgue as directed by pathologist
• Maintain clinical and progress reports
• Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
• Maintain inventory of equipment
• Conduct research in physiotherapy
• Document patient rehabilitation progress
• Perform general clerical duties
• Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
• Process files and paperwork
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Take patients' general medical and ophthalmic history
• Teach and/or supervise exercises to patients
• Order supplies and equipment
• Organize and maintain inventory

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Creativity