About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting: Rehabilitation centre and special health institution.
Tasks
- Assist health care professionals.
- Carry out treatment programs, under the direction of physiotherapists and/or occupational therapists, to rehabilitate patients with various injuries or disabilities.
- Develop information materials for patients.
- Follow through on treatment programs with patients.
- Help medical examiner in charge.
- Set up and dismantle equipment.
- Clean and maintain equipment.
- Hire and train staff.
- Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies.
- Order and purchase equipment.
- Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation.
- Collect statistics.
- Maintain clinical and progress reports.
- Maintain supplies.
- Maintain inventory of equipment.
- Perform general clerical duties.
- Process files and paperwork.
- Schedule and confirm appointments.
- Take patients' general medical and ophthalmic history.
- Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments.
- Teach and/or supervise exercises to patients.
- Order supplies and equipment.
- Organize and maintain inventory.
- Computer and technology knowledge: MS Excel.
- MS Office.
- MS Outlook.
- MS PowerPoint.
- MS Windows.
- MS Word.
Area of specialization: Physiotherapy.
Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Physically demanding.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Work under pressure.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Sound discrimination.
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Accurate.
- Dependability.
- Excellent written communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: On call.