Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $45.15 - $56.17 / hour

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $45.15 - $56.17 / hour

Job Summary

We are currently have an exciting opportunity for a casual Physiotherapist to join our Children's Services Resource Team located in Burnaby B.C.

Advantages

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits, including but not limited, to:

- Start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year
- Comprehensive 100% employer paid benefits
- Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan
- Maternity top-up (eligibility requirements to qualify)
- 50% subsidy on TransLink passes
- Eligibility based on employment status

We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

Detailed Overview

Under the administrative direction of the Manager, Clinical Services, the Physiotherapist provides services to mentally and physically disabled school age children; provides comprehensive rehabilitation services to school age children within the City of Burnaby, as well as, information to clients, family members, school staff, school officials, other health professionals, and the community. This service facilitates the integration of students with special needs by providing assessment, consultation, education and intervention.

Responsibilities

- Provides physiotherapy services promoting physical function,



fitness and motor performance to contribute to the child's overall cognitive, perceptual, social and emotional well being.
- Provides physiotherapy assessment to determine functional and developmental abilities of children with special needs in Burnaby schools and plans, implements, evaluates, and as required, modifies rehabilitation programs and services to meet those needs and to maximize opportunities for independence.
- Provides in-service education to students, teachers, other school staff and other health care professionals regarding the special needs of children within the classroom and other topics related to rehabilitation.
- Assists school officials in planning and implementing programs to teach non-handicapped students about the needs of students with developmental difficulties.
- Provides physiotherapy assessment and recommendations to assist in developing gross and fine motor skills activities tailored to the needs of the individual child.
- Attends school conferences to develop plans to meet rehabilitation needs with parents, teachers, and other health care professionals.
- Assesses function and ability of individual children; develops, implements, teaches and evaluates individual therapy programs and prepares and maintains client charts, records of assessments and goals of treatment delivered.
- Assess educational and community environments to prevent,



modify or alleviate barriers in order to facilitate the functioning of children with special needs and suggests modifications to improve accessibility.
- Establishes and maintains liaison between parents, schools, physicians and a variety of community agencies and organizations in the health care field such as general hospitals and rehabilitation centres.
- Provides information and training in a variety of areas including, overviews of disabilities and their effect on school performance, back care, proper techniques for lifting, handling and transferring students with physical disabilities, disability awareness and implications for other students and teachers in the school.
- Recommends specialized equipment or modifications to promote independence; designs or modifies a variety of self-help aids and rehabilitation equipment to meet the needs of individual disabilities.
- Recommends and/or collaborates with others for seating and positioning to provide student(s) with suitable and comfortable equipment.
- Prepares and maintains a variety of reports and records related to the work.
- Prepares individualized care plans for students, trains, and monitors non-health care providers in following the plan as laid out.
- Provides rehabilitation services through an interdisciplinary approach.
- Attends meetings and serves on committees as requested.
- Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy. Two (2) years' recent, related experience including one (1) year in pediatric rehabilitation.

Current full registration with the Col

📌 Physiotherapist, Children's Services Resource Team (Burnaby)
🏢 Fraser Health Authority
📍 Burnaby