Your Opportunity: The Royal Alexandra Hospital offers Therapy Assistants a fast-paced, rewarding environment where collaboration and learning are part of everyday practice. As part of a large teaching hospital, you’ll work alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Recreation Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists to deliver hands‑on rehabilitation programs that truly make a difference. You’ll gain experience across diverse clinical areas including medicine, surgery, orthopedics, and arthroplasty, while contributing to patient care through both individual and group sessions.

The hospital’s commitment to evidence-based practice, mentorship, and continuous improvement means you’ll be supported in growing your skills and advancing your career. Add to that wellness perks like secure bike storage, an on‑site LRT station, and a fitness centre, and you’ve got a workplace that values both qualified excellence and personal well‑being. As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist.

You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care)



for all ages as well as non-client service provision. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.

Classification: Therapy Assistant Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Rehabilitation Services Royal Alexandra Hospital Multi-Site: Not Applicable Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Temporary End Date: 30-APR-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered. Two-year Diploma from an approved Physical Therapy Assistant/Occupational Therapy Assistant program; PT assistant, OT assistant, SLP assistant, or Rec. Minimum 1 year of experience working as a Therapy Assistant in an adult in-patient acute care setting in the past 2 years or at least one acute care placement for new grads.

An excellent attendance record, reliability and personal suitability, demonstrated through your employment references; proficiency with computer applications such as Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook) is expected, and experience with Connect Care is preferred. Work tasks and charting is computer based so there are extensive repetitive motion tasks.

📌 Rehab/Therapy Assistant (Edmonton)
🏢 Alberta Health Services
📍 Edmonton