Physiotherapist

Overview

Assess patients and carry out individually designed treatment

programs to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning.

EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

AVERAGE WAGE RATE

2011
2012
2013
2014

49,665
50,911
52,174
53,667

CANADIAN AVERAGE
2015

$62,533

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Courtesy: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

What They Do

Main Duties

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Assess patients' physical abilities

Establish treatment goals with patients
Plan and implement programs of physiotherapy including exercise,
massage and education
Evaluate effectiveness of treatment

Work Environment
Physiotherapists have to follow their own good advice about proper body
movement. At work, they bend, kneel, stand, and lift or move equipment, and
sometimes, patients. Wherever physiotherapists work--hospitals, clinics, therapy
offices--they're on the move, seeing up to 4 patients an hour. A typical 40-hour
workweek may include evening and weekend hours.

Potential Employers
Hospitals
Clinics
Industry

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Physical Therapist
Assess, plan, organize, and
participate in rehabilitative
programs that improve
mobility, relieve pain,
increase strength, and
decrease or prevent
deformity of patients
suffering from disease or
injury.

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Rehabilitation
Counselors
They are employed by
counselling centers, social
service agencies, group
homes, government
agencies, family therapy
centers, and health care
and rehabilitation facilities,
or they may work in private

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Getting There

Employment Requirements
A university degree in physiotherapy and a period of supervised practical training are required
A licence or registration with a regulatory body is required to practise physiotherapy in all provinces
Completion of the Physiotherapy National Exam, administered by the Alliance of Physiotherapy
Regulatory Boards, may be required

Required Education
The following education levels may be required:
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UNIVERSITY

JOB SEEKERS VS JOB OPENINGS

2011

2,182
1,551

2013
2015
2017
2019

2,322
2,215
2,388
2,433
2,451
2,206
2,494
2,251

Job Openings

Job Seekers

2012

2,261
2,176

2014
2016
2018
2020

Courtesy: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System

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Jobs
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Date Posted: Apr 10, 2015

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