Job Description:

The Allied Health and Rehabilitation team, under the Maternal, Newborn, Child & Youth and Allied Health portfolio, consists of Regulated Healthcare Professional including: Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Social Work, Registered Dietitians, Respiratory Therapy, as well as unregulated Rehabilitation Assistants. Each discipline is focused on driving evidence informed practice to promote high quality patient and family centered care.

The team has a Professional Practice Leader (PPL) model for each regulated allied health discipline which promotes and enhances the interprofessional team. Each discipline has their own PPL with dedicated time to enhance their communities of practice, represent their respective disciplines' practice and education needs, support at committees, create policies & procedures and lead corporate level initiatives.

RVH is undergoing significant growth, including a capital plan that will see the current North Campus double in size over the next ten years, while developing the new South Campus in Innisfil. Our award-winning workplace believes in offering opportunities for growth and development including:

Supporting adult acute clinical experience across varied settings, including adult acute inpatient medicine, adult acute inpatient surgery, adult ambulatory care clinics
Professional Development & Education Support through RVH Education Trust Fund.
Growing and developing clinical skills within the acute care setting with the support and collaboration of an experienced and committed clinical team.

We are currently seeking a temporary full time Physiotherapist (July 2026 - June 2027) to support the provision of PT supports within our Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

As a qualified candidate you will have the following job requirements:

Education:

Graduate of an accredited Physiotherapy school or university with a clinical Masters in Physiotherapy (or equivalent) and independent practice license - Mandatory
Current registration with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario -mandatory
Member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association - preferred
Evidence of continuing education in Acute Care and rehabilitation.

Experience:

Recent experience with a varied clinical practice in acute care (medical and surgical) and/or intensive care settings.
A strong theoretical and practical knowledge of musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiorespiratory skills and the ability to support PT treatments and care planning for a diverse range of patients
The ability to independently support PT assessments and work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary care team
Experience working with Rehabilitation Assistants and assigning appropriate care tasks
Knowledge of community services, supports, and equipment vendors is beneficial.
Knowledge of referral process to follow-up services such as rehabilitation, community physiotherapy, rehabilitation day program, home and community care, complex-continuing care, or repatriation to discharge destination.

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