Therapy Assistant
Your Opportunity:
Join a dynamic rehabilitation team to help patients reach their rehabilitation goals. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Physical Therapy Assistant to support our Spinal Cord Injury/ General Neurology team in delivering patient-centered care. In this rewarding role, you’ll work closely with Physical Therapists and other Therapy Assistants to help clients maximize functional potential, independence, and quality of life. Responsibilities include facilitating individual and group therapeutic activities, delivering functional task training, and applying modalities such as heat, cold, or functional electrical stimulation, and supporting the use of therapy technologies. You’ll also monitor patient progress and collect outcome measures. All patient care is under the guidance of licensed PTs. Beyond direct patient care, you’ll play a key role in preparing treatment/cleaning up of therapy spaces, helping with equipment set up and loan coordination, maintaining inventory, documenting in the electronic medical record, and encouraging client participation throughout their rehabilitation journey. If you thrive in a collaborative environment, value patient progress, and are eager to develop your clinical skills in a specialized setting, we’d love to hear from you. The current assignment is with the Spinal Cord Injury and General Neurology teams, though it may change based on operational needs—providing both variety and opportunity for professional growth.
Description:
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. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Therapy Assistant
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Physical Therapy
- Primary Location: Glenrose Rehabilitation Hsp
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 26-JUN-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 06-JUL-2025
- Temporary End Date: 07-JAN-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $25.11
- Maximum Salary: $31.48
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:We're seeking individuals with a strong foundation in rehabilitation principles and a commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care. This position requires the physical ability to assist with patient lifts, transfers, mobility, and other hands-on clinical activities that are critical to supporting therapy goals in a rehabilitation setting. Demonstration of strong organizational skills, able to independently manage a dynamic caseload with minimal direct supervision, and ability to bring a creative, solution-focused approach to daily challenges are required. Strong communication skills—both verbal and written—along with computer literacy are essential.
Preferred Qualifications:Experience in a rehabilitation hospital setting and in wheelchair set up/adjustment is an asset. Familiarity with Alberta Health Services’ Connect Care electronic medical record is also preferred.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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