Physiotherapist

Job Title

Physiotherapist

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Physical Therapist

Job Family Group

Staff - Non Union

Department

Cresswell Laboratory | Centre for Brain Health | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$7,158.42 - $10,292.25 CAD Monthly

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Job End Date

December 31, 2027

Posting End Date

November 17, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks.

Expected salary is $4,560 for 0.6FTE position.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary
The Physiotherapist role would include performing physiotherapy assessments, monitoring intakes and reviewing assessment charts of other assessors, coordinating follow-up calls for new participants, leading group-based exercise intervention, conducting lectures and providing educational materials to volunteers and instructors, offering office hours for volunteers, compiling resources for the volunteers and participants, conducting outreach work to relevant clinics and programs, assisting with research initiatives (e.g. survey study, focus groups), and assisting with other initiatives which may require physiotherapist perspective. Leveraging expertise from the BC Brain Wellness Program, this role bridges student education with direct clinical practice; leading specialized exercise interventions for individuals with neurological conditions, mentoring kinesiology students and junior instructors, and managing clinical operations and multi-disciplinary communication.

Assessment includes physical function, balance, motor symptoms and awareness of the impact of non-motor symptoms on clients’ functional abilities. The Physiotherapist will support participants in accessing appropriate interventions that can mitigate disease progression, improve quality of life and improve function in everyday living. The clinical work may take place on campus (DMCBH, UBC Sports Med research gym, MacIsaac Building), off-site satellite project sites (e.g. St. Paul’s Hospital, Mount St. Joseph Hospital, Youville Residence etc.), or virtual (Zoom or Jane). The Physiotherapist would be involved in the mentoring and supervision of students. Understanding of team-based care and the importance of client centred care is important. The candidate must demonstrate a strong desire and focus to provide an optimal clinical experience for the participant. Evidence informed practice and staying up to date with current evidence around the role of lifestyle-based approaches and their impact on brain health is key component of this role. Maintaining and keeping detailed records in the program electronic medical records is critical.

Organizational Status
The Vision of the BC Brain Wellness Program is Brain Wellness, Beyond All Boundaries.

We are leveraging the collective power of clinical care, lifestyle programs, education, and research to design a comprehensive and integrated approach to brain wellness for people with chronic brain conditions, care partners and healthy agers.

The BC Brain Wellness Program (BCBWP) is an interactive effort to establish clinically relevant lifestyle approaches to complement medical treatment in the clinics at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for

Brain Health (DMCBH). By combining clinical care with interventions that support healthier lifestyles, the BC Brain Wellness Program team hopes to improve and sustain quality of life for people living with brain disorders and their care partners, as well as to offer healthy agers the opportunity to enhance their wellness and engage in preventative lifestyle measures.

• The BC Brain Wellness Program brings together the DMCBH, the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health. Expertise is drawn from many fields including the School of Music, Physiotherapy, Kinesiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Neurosciences, Nutrition as well as several community partners.
  

Work Performed

• Design and deliver evidence-informed generalized and specialised group exercise sessions targeting cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, functional mobility, and balance.
• Lead high-intensity group exercise classes while directing and supervising instructors, students, and volunteers to ensure participants maintain proper exercise form, tailored intensity levels, and individual safety.
• Prescribe and deliver tailored one-on-one exercise interventions for individuals presenting with complex neurological conditions, including assessing participants’ abilities, establishing treatment goals based on diagnoses, and implementation of physiotherapy or exercise-based interventions and treatments.
• Conduct comprehensive in-person and virtual health assessments and reassessments for both clinical tracking and research protocol compliance.
• Prioritize participant safety and autonomy through regular check-ins, ensuring participant feedback actively shapes session structure and environment.
• Oversee all group exercise programs into which participants are referred to ensure they are in the appropriate group and that specific goals are being achieved.
• Provide evidence-based lifestyle counselling and education to participants regarding health promotion, physical activity adoption, and long-term symptom management.
• Deliver mentorship, constructive evaluations, and comprehensive educational materials to help students and junior instructors build practical coaching competency, communication skills, and clinical confidence.
• Instruct online (via Zoom) and in-person (UBC and off-campus location such as St. Paul’s Hospital, Youville Residence, and other LTC facilities in Vancouver region) exercise classes for the BCBWP and research interventions such as the IMPACT360 study, as needed.
• Maintain accurate, timely and compliant health record documentation, progress notes, assessment data, and billing within the clinical EMR system, Jane.
• Communication with the wider healthcare team to flag changes in function and flag potential increased falls risk.
• Other related tasks assigned by the exercise team lead, program manager, or program director.
  

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Poor decisions/errors in judgment may compromise the BCBWP, breech the trust and confidentiality of research participants, and may result in financial loss to the PI, the Centres, and the University. Even simple typographical mistakes may result in distress to stakeholders and be damaging to the program and the reputation of the team and Director. They may influence the ability of the PI to meet critical deadlines and affect funding applications and ongoing program obligations.

Supervision Received
This role will be supervised by Program Director and Program Manager of the BCBWP. However, they will not be on-site in the clinic when the candidate is working. Thus, the candidate must be fully competent and independent in their abilities to assess and treat patients.

Supervision Given
The individual will supervise Kinesiologists and Clinical Exercise Physiologists employed by the BCBWP as well as the volunteers working in the BCBWP in a patient facing capacity. The individual will supervise and mentor students working in the clinic and virtually, ensuring adherence to clinical protocols and professional standards. The individual will provide guidance, feedback, and support to enhance student learning and development in a clinical setting.

Minimum Qualifications
- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own

- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

Registration in good standing with the College of Health Care Professionals of BC and eligible for membership with the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia. Five years of related clinical experience preferred. Proficiency in English grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Ability to compose simple, clear, concise business letters. Effective communication skills. Ability to exercise tact and discretion with others in the obtaining and giving of information. Excellent interpersonal skills are preferred to foster interprofessional collaboration opportunities. Ability to be sensitive to the issues faced by individuals living with neurological disease and be able to communicate compassionately with patient participants. Ability to report accurately, prioritize workload, record keeping, scheduling, and work proactively in multidisciplinary team and independently. Demonstrated experience in computer skills: Word Processing, Internet (Zoom), and database (Access, Excel) experience is required. Web design, scheduling and charting software (Jane), Work Day, Standard Level First Aid, and CPR C are assets.