Union: Non-Union
Site: UHN's Buttonwood Reactivation Care Centre (82 Buttonwood Avenue)
Department: Transitional Care Program
Reports to: Program Services Manager
Work Model: On-Site
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: $82,309 - $102,882 per annum
Status: Permanent, Full-Time
Closing Date: May 12, 2025
Position Summary
The Physiotherapist (PT) is an integral member of the Physiotherapy service, Allied Health, clinical programs. Through the provision of patient and non-patient care activities, the PT enhances the quality of life of patients by planning and implementing individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning and cardio-respiratory health, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
UHN's Transitional Care Program (TCP) includes UHN's Buttonwood Reactivation Care Centre (RCC), Hillcrest Reactivation Centre \& Queens Estate Transitional Care units. The RCC aims to improve restoration to help patients maintain social, cognitive and physical functioning by leveraging patient-specific, goal-based service planning. Patients serviced by the TCP do not require acute care but need to engage in activities to improve their function and independence, provided less active medical management and more therapy and activity. TCP also serves several health system purposes, including:
- Reducing ALC pressures on acute care hospitals, reducing the need for Long-Term Care Home placement, and
- Decreasing the risk of re-admission to an acute care hospital
Duties
- Gathers patient information, including observing and interviewing the patient and essential care partners; reviewing and interpreting pertinent patient documentation and health records; attending and participating in rounds, clinics, and case management meetings; actively collaborates with interprofessional team member
- Conducts initial screening and both formal and informal assessment protocols to assess patients' physical, functional, psychosocial, perceptual, and cognitive status
- Analyzes all collected data to develop a clinical impression, formulate a treatment plan and consultation recommendations
- Communicates the results of the assessment/clinical impression to the patient, essential care partners and health care team; if the results of the assessment indicate, then communicates a diagnosis identifying a disease, physical disorder, or dysfunction as the cause of the patient's symptoms as per the controlled act of communicating a diagnosis in the RHPA. Implements modifications and shifts in individualized treatment programs in order to reflect the patient's changing needs, as appropriate
- Coordinates and/or participates in the education of students/learners, hospital staff and the community as well as maintaining excellence in the provision of physiotherapy services through ongoing professional development
- Leads and/or participates in research studies related to physiotherapy
- Participates in the development, implementation, and monitoring of quality indicators as per the Quality Programs of Allied Health, the Clinical Unit or Corporate Program of the University Health Network
- Critically appraises, chooses, and implements outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions
