Physiotherapist assistant (PTA)
New Light Physiotherapy Clinic Surrey, British Columbia
Permanent
Part time
As soon as possible
Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
- Bachelor's degree
- or equivalent experience
- Hindi
- Panjabi; Punjabi
- Administer evaluative tests
- 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 the patient
- Follow through on treatment programs with patients
- Help orthopedic surgeons
- Help physical therapists
- Maintain inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
- Maintain prescription records
- Operate ophthalmic testing and measuring instruments
- Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
- Record test results and medications given by ophthalmologists
- Set up and dismantle equipment
- Supervise technical and support staff
- Administer evaluative tests and procedures
- Clean and maintain equipment
- Lay out surgical instruments
- Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
- Reassemble equipment and assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments
- Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
- Plan physiotherapy programs
- Select appropriate exercises, apparatus and manipulations
- Maintain clinical and progress reports
- Confer with other health professionals
- Assist chiropractor with physical examinations
- Document patient rehabilitation progress
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Order supplies and equipment
- Physiotherapy
- Fast-paced environment
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Accurate
- Organized
- Reliability
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Evening
- 1 year to less than 2 years
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Day
- Weekend
- Free parking available
- Parking available
Salary: $19.00 to $24.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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