This Clinical Physiotherapist II position is responsible for providing specialty physiotherapy assessment, interventions, consultation and education in a number of plastic surgery clinics, as well as interventions for those patients from plastics clinics who require follow-up physiotherapy care. The patient population is mainly acute in nature and includes those who are postoperative elective hand and wrist surgeries (eg, carpal tunnel release, palmar fasciectomy, reconstruction of wrist ligaments) as well as those with traumatic hand injuries (fractures and tendon/ligament/nerve injuries and repairs) as well as ambulatory burns. The caseload is high volume with high turnover of patients. Work is performed independently in close association with the plastics team (surgeons, medical students/residents, occupational therapists nurses and orthopedic technologists).
This Clinical Physiotherapist II position plays a key leadership role...