Physiotherapist I

Your Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to utilize and broaden your Physical Therapy skills? Taber is a welcoming town in southern Alberta, located about 50 km east of Lethbridge (approximately a 35-minute drive) and 120 km west of Medicine Hat. Known as the “Corn Capital of Canada,” Taber offers a friendly, close-knit community with excellent recreational facilities, local events, and easy access to outdoor activities in the surrounding prairie and coulee landscapes. This opportunity is ideal for someone looking to join a small, collaborative team dedicated to delivering high-quality physiotherapy services in a supportive environment. You will have the chance to apply your skills across multiple areas of care, including acute care, outpatients, and community settings. This role involves working with adult clients in diverse clinical environments, allowing you to fully utilize the scope of your physiotherapy practice. Supervision of Therapy Assistants is also part of the position. Occasional travel to provide services at other sites may be required. This is your chance to work across all streams of care—Acute Care, Community, and Outpatient, gaining diverse experience and making a meaningful impact in the lives of Albertans.

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.