Physiotherapist’s caseload consists of inpatients with a variety of conditions and may include patients in the ICU, Medicine, Surgery,Orthopaedics and/or Emergency departments.

The duties of a staff physiotherapist are primarily clinical.  However, all physiotherapists at Mount Sinai Hospital are expected to participate in teaching activities with the University of Toronto and seek a status appointment.

Responsibilities include:

• Assessment, planning and therapeutic intervention for an assigned patient caseload according to physiotherapy scope of practice
• Appropriate documentation of physiotherapy activities
• Record workload measurement
• Participation in inter-disciplinary clinics and rounds
• Program development and evaluation
• Supervision of rehabilitation assistants as per college guidelines
• Participate in teaching activities for Physiotherapy students including provision of clinical placements, laboratory teaching, and classroom teaching
• Participate in teaching students from other disciplines and in the development of student programs
• Provide in-service education as appropriate to colleagues
• Participate in research activities as appropriate both within the Department of Rehabilitation and in collaboration with other departments
• Assist with other position related duties as required

• Licensed with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario
• Excellent physiotherapy clinical skills with a broad variety of diagnostic groups including skills working with a geriatric population
• Experience working with an ICU and Emergency patient population
• Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership and collaboration skills
• Strong experience in interdisciplinary education
• Experience and skill in complex decision making processes and in advancing best practice initiatives and exploration of innovative models of care
• Proven experience in self reflective learning and skill in ability to adapt and respond effectively to change
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance history