Regular Full-time
Please apply via http://hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/careers and search for Requisition #115667
Step into a job that opens countless doors. As one of Canada’s largest and most diverse hospitals, we’re providing advanced care to people of all ages from across the province. You can explore advancement opportunities, take professional development courses, and stretch yourself as a leader, all at HHS. We are the largest employer in the greater Hamilton region, and play a vital role in training the next generation of health professionals in collaboration with our academic partners, including McMaster University and Mohawk College. Hamilton Health Sciences is a hospital system of 18,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers that proudly serves south central Ontario residents. We also provide specialized, advanced care to people from across the province.
McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH), located on the McMaster University campus in Hamilton’s beautiful Westdale neighbourhood, has been providing care to children from across the region since 1988. Here, patients ranging in age from infancy to 18 benefit from a family-centred approach that prioritizes the child’s emotional, mental and physical well-being. The hospital is home to the fastest-growing kids-only emergency department in Ontario, one of Canada’s most advanced neonatal intensive care units, and a range of programs and clinics with unique expertise in a number of areas including children’s cancer, digestive diseases, and mental health.
The Pediatric Medicine Clinics at MCH provide outpatient care to over 100,000 pediatric patients from Hamilton and the surrounding area. It is a dynamic, fast-paced environment comprised of numerous sub-specialty clinics that facilitate the unique health care needs of children, using a family centered model of care.
Position Summary
The Physiotherapist provides and documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation within the scope of practice of physiotherapists. As a member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team in pediatric medicine, the Physiotherapist will apply their clinical knowledge of musculoskeletal and respiratory conditions to provide assessment and treatment to children ages 0-18. The Physiotherapist is responsible for assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal and respiratory issues, performing a variety of outcome measures, assisting with clinic flow when required and differentiating mechanical versus inflammatory causes of pain and functional impairments for various patients. The Physiotherapist is also responsible for supporting goal setting with patients and families around transition of care from pediatric to adult care settings, as well as taking on a teaching role for clinic learners (medical students, residents, etc.). Finally, our Physiotherapists take initiative to improve and grow the Physiotherapy role through research, quality improvement, and patient education
Schedule Work Hours
Monday-Friday; days and evenings
Qualifications
- Current Registration with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario
- Minimum two (2) years of pediatric Physiotherapy experience with involvement in the care of children with rheumatic conditions in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. Recent pediatric experience preferred.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm for working with children
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and non-verbal), critical thinking, mentoring, coaching and working within an interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated facilitation, coordination, independent assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation skills
- Experience in rehabilitation therapy
- Experience in applying braces, splints, and other devices
- Evidence of ability to facilitate change, foster innovation and model the values of the organization
Proficiency in both Official Languages would be an asset.
Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer.
