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Physiotherapy Assistant
Posted on November 20, 2024
by New Caledon Physiotherapy Centre Inc.
12570 Kennedy Rd Unit # 13 & 14, Caledon, Ontario L7C 4C4
Job Sector:
Healthcare & Social Workers
Term of Employment: Full-Time
Total Views: 201
Duration: 1 calendar days (2 business days)
Last Updated: 1 day ago
Job URL: https://newworkers.ca/jobs/ontario/caledon/119603602/physiotherapy-assistant/
Job Description
Tasks
- Administer tests using equipment, instruct patients on test procedures and record results, and monitor, check and calibrate auditory equipment
- 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
- Examine adult clients to assess hearing loss, recommend type of hearing instrument, take earmold impressions and perform follow-up examinations and readjustments
- Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
- Plan physiotherapy programs
- Select appropriate exercises, apparatus and manipulations
- Maintain clinical and progress reports
- Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
- Take earmold impressions and fit and adjust hearing instruments
- Take patients’ general medical and ophthalmic history
- Teach and/or supervise exercises to patients
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Accurate
- Organized
- Reliability
Benefits
Health benefits
- Health care plan