Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Master's degree
Experience
Experience an asset
Work setting
- Sports therapy
- Orthopedics
- Acute care therapy
- Chronic care therapy
- Manipulative therapy
- Private practice
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Assess patients' physical abilities
- Administer evaluative tests and procedures
- Plan physiotherapy programs
- Select appropriate exercises, apparatus and manipulations
- Maintain clinical and progress reports
- Confer with other health professionals
- Teach and/or supervise exercises to patients
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulatory Boards Examination
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Additional information
Security and safety
- Eligible for professional liability insurance
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Repetitive tasks
- Fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Manual dexterity
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement