Physical Therapy Assistant

Company location – 6228 Yonge Street, Suite 225, North York, Ontario, M2M 3X4

General Accountabilities

  • Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures.
  • Administer electrical modalities to relieve pain
  • Instruct, motivate, and assist patients to learn and improve functional activities.
  • Observe patients during treatments and comply and evaluate data on patient responses to treatments and progress and report findings to physical therapist.
  • Fit patients for, adjust, and train patients in use and care of orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices such as crutches, canes, walkers, and wheelchairs.
  • Confer with members of physical therapy staff and other health team members, individually and in conference, to exchange, discuss, and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment programs.
  • Give orientation to new physical therapist assistants and direct and give instructions to physical therapy aides.
  • Perform clerical duties such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, and filling out forms.
  • Measure patient's range-of-joint motion, length and girth of body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of specific treatments or to assist Physical Therapist to compile data for patient evaluations.
  • Monitor treatments administered by physical therapy aides.

Job Qualifications

  • Education: College Diploma or Certificate in a related field
  • Experience: 1-2 years of related experience
  • Able to work independently with minimal supervision

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Service orientation
  • Social perceptiveness
  • Active, industrious and energetic
  • Active learning

Salary

  • $35,635.00 per annum

Work hours

  • 30 hours a week

Medical administrative assistant

Job details


  • Location: Ajax, ON
  • Salary: 29.00 to 40.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Terms of employment: Permanent employment – Full time
  • Day, Morning
  • Start date: Starts as soon as possible
  • 2 vacancies
  • In-house position at the agency

 

Overview


Languages

  • English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

 

Responsibilities


Tasks

  • Interview patients to obtain case histories
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Complete insurance and other claim forms
  • Maintain filing system
  • Order supplies and maintain inventory
  • Determine and establish office procedures and routines
  • Enter and format electronically based medical reports and correspondence and prepare spreadsheets and documents for review
  • Initiate and maintain confidential medical files and records
  • Prepare draft agendas for meetings and take, transcribe, and distribute minutes
  • Perform data entry
  • Provide customer service

 

Additional information


Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Large caseload

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgment
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

 

Who can apply to this job?


Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.