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physiotherapist assistant (PTA) Verified
Posted on February 28, 2024 by Employer details 13585921 CANADA INC.
Job details
Education: College/CEGEP. Tasks: Administer tests using equipment, instruct patients on test procedures and record results, and monitor, check and calibrate auditory equipment. Assess patients' physical abilities. Assist during assessment of patients and carry out treatment programs and develop materials for use with patients. 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. Examine adult clients to assess hearing loss, recommend type of hearing instrument, take earmold impressions and perform follow-up examinations and readjustments. Operate ophthalmic testing and measuring instruments, record test results and administer eye drops, ointments and medications as directed by ophthalmologists. Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine. Set up and dismantle equipment. Supervise technical and support staff. Administer evaluative tests and procedures. Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages. Clean and maintain equipment. Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products. Hire and train staff. Lay out surgical instruments. Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies. Reassemble equipment and assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments. Record information about donors. Record vital signs. Assist chiropractor with patient health education. Clean and dress wounds. Label and process donated blood. Maintain prescription records and inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products. Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices. Order and purchase equipment. Plan physiotherapy programs. Prepare solutions for preservation of specimens. Administer budget. Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation. Provide post donation care and donor reaction care. Remove casts, sutures and pins. Remove organs and tissue specimens from bodies in morgue as directed by pathologist. Select appropriate exercises, apparatus and manipulations. Clean and sew up bodies for release to funeral homes. Collect statistics. Maintain clinical and progress reports. Maintain supplies. Confer with other health professionals. Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor. Maintain inventory of equipment. Monitor donors throughout procedure. Assist chiropractor with physical examinations. Conduct research in physiotherapy. Document patient rehabilitation progress. Perform general clerical duties. Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas. Process files and paperwork. Schedule and confirm appointments. Take earmold impressions and fit and adjust hearing instruments. 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. Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment. Physically demanding. Work under pressure. Repetitive tasks. Personal suitability: Punctuality. Client focus. Judgement. Flexibility. Organized. Reliability. Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year.- Location380 BOVAIRD DR E suite 26Brampton, ONL6Z 2S8
- Salary$23.00HOUR hourly / 37.5 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Day, Evening, Shift, Flexible Hours, Early Morning, Morning
- Start date Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Verified
- Source Job Bank #2814459
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Administer tests using equipment, instruct patients on test procedures and record results, and monitor, check and calibrate auditory equipment
- Assess patients' physical abilities
- Assist during assessment of patients and carry out treatment programs and develop materials for use with patients
- 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
- Examine adult clients to assess hearing loss, recommend type of hearing instrument, take earmold impressions and perform follow-up examinations and readjustments
- Operate ophthalmic testing and measuring instruments, record test results and administer eye drops, ointments and medications as directed by ophthalmologists
- Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
- Set up and dismantle equipment
- Supervise technical and support staff
- Administer evaluative tests and procedures
- Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
- Clean and maintain equipment
- Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products
- Hire and train staff
- Lay out surgical instruments
- Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
- Reassemble equipment and assemble packs of sterile supplies and instruments for delivery to hospital departments
- Record information about donors
- Record vital signs
- Assist chiropractor with patient health education
- Clean and dress wounds
- Label and process donated blood
- Maintain prescription records and inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
- Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
- Order and purchase equipment
- Plan physiotherapy programs
- Prepare solutions for preservation of specimens
- Administer budget
- Process claims such as health insurance or workers compensation
- Provide post donation care and donor reaction care
- Remove casts, sutures and pins
- Remove organs and tissue specimens from bodies in morgue as directed by pathologist
- Select appropriate exercises, apparatus and manipulations
- Clean and sew up bodies for release to funeral homes
- Collect statistics
- Maintain clinical and progress reports
- Maintain supplies
- Confer with other health professionals
- Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
- Maintain inventory of equipment
- Monitor donors throughout procedure
- Assist chiropractor with physical examinations
- Conduct research in physiotherapy
- Document patient rehabilitation progress
- Perform general clerical duties
- Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
- Process files and paperwork
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Take earmold impressions and fit and adjust hearing instruments
- 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
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
Personal suitability
- Punctuality
- Client focus
- Judgement
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
Who can apply to this job?
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
- You have a valid Canadian work permit.
If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.
Advertised until
2024-05-20
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