Physiotherapist I

Your Opportunity:

We are seeking a dedicated Physiotherapist to join the Edmonton Firefighters Burn Treatment Unit and the General Systems Intensive Care Unit (GSICU). In this role, you will be part of a highly skilled interdisciplinary team providing care to patients with severe burns, complex wounds, critical illness, and traumatic injuries, often involving multiple body systems. The physiotherapist plays a key role in delivering timely interventions, including early mobilization, scar management, airway clearance, and functional rehabilitation, to prevent complications and optimize long-term outcomes. Our site is committed to fostering professional growth through mentorship from experienced colleagues and collaboration with a diverse team of healthcare professionals. Ongoing learning opportunities include monthly professional practice events, educational in-services, and specialized workshops. Located in the heart of Alberta’s capital city, the University of Alberta Hospital offers a vibrant work environment adjacent to the academic campus, Old Strathcona, and Edmonton’s beautiful river valley. We promote healthy lifestyles through secure bicycle storage, direct access to Light Rail Transit, the Pulse Fitness Centre, and wellness initiatives offered through our ReVitalize Staff Wellness Program.

Description:

As a Physiotherapist I (PT), you will provide therapeutic interventions to enable clients to achieve optimal physical function and independence in the context of development, disease, disability, chronic conditions, illness, and functional decline. You will provide interventions, including prevention, triage, screening, assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, treatment, management, education, consultation, fostering resourcefulness, case management, referral, and transition support, to individuals, groups, populations, and communities. You will include clients and families as integral members of the healthcare team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with patients and families to determine, implement, and evaluate appropriate rehabilitation strategies. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enhance supports, and engage in quality improvement, partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and the professional community, participate in peer mentoring, and supervise students. You may provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants, Therapy Aides, and Provisional Physiotherapists.

• Classification:
Physiotherapist I
• Union:
HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program:
Burns / GSICU
• Primary Location:
U of A Hospital
• Location Details:
As Per Location
• Multi-Site:
Not Applicable
• FTE:
1.00
• Posting End Date:
12-NOV-2026
• Temporary Employee Class:
Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available:
23-NOV-2026
• Temporary End Date:
28-MAY-2027
• Hours per Shift:
7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks:
2
• Shifts per cycle:
10
• Shift Pattern:
Days, Weekends
• Days Off:
As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary:
$42.51
• Maximum Salary:
$56.60
• Vehicle Requirement:
Not Applicable

Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program. Current registration with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta.

Basic Life Support – Health Care Provider (BLS-HCP) from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Acute care experience within the past 2 years and clinical experience in treatment and management of patients with Burns / Wounds is preferred.