Physiotherapist II - Type A​/B

Your Opportunity:

This position may qualify for a recruitment incentive of up to $60,000, based on the length of their Return for Service. For full details, visit We are seeking a motivated Physiotherapist to join the High Prairie Health Complex. Just a 2 hour drive from Grande Prairie, High Prairie offers a welcoming northern lifestyle surrounded by boreal forest, open farmland, and the beauty of the Lesser Slave Lake region.

It’s a community where life moves at a comfortable pace, and where year-round recreation is part of everyday living. Summer brings boating, fishing, and lakeside exploring, while winter offers crisp trails for skiing, snowmobiling, and outdoor adventure. With its strong sense of community and friendly atmosphere, High Prairie is an easy place to settle in and feel  this role, you’ll contribute to thoughtful clinical decision making, provide meaningful client centered interventions, and work closely with families, interdisciplinary colleagues, and community partners to support independence and quality of care.

If you’re looking for a position where your expertise is valued and your work truly makes a difference, this is an excellent opportunity. You’ll enjoy a competitive rate of pay and eligibility for the Northern Living Allowance. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000.

This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. Relocation assistance may be available.

Description:

As a Physiotherapist II, you will provide coordination of physiotherapy and other allied health clinical services. You will provide supervision of students and team members as assigned. You will work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team providing leadership to other healthcare professionals. You will be making day-to-day clinical decisions on patient/family needs regarding assessment, intervention, discharge and follow-up.

You will make decisions and advise team members on complex clinical cases and provide clinical leadership within the program or service area to ensure safe, efficient and effective client care. You will ensure physiotherapy practice is evidence based and in alignment with Alberta legislation and regulations, professional standards of practice, code of ethics and AHS policy and guidelines. You will be coordinating the day-to-day operations of an assigned service area and monitoring care delivery, identifying service needs and assisting other medical staff with caseload management, completing chart audits and providing follow-up and feedback to staff.

You will participate in program development and operational planning and representing the department on committees or programs. You will make decisions on staffing level requirements, workflow, caseload priorities in collaboration with managers and other healthcare providers. AHS is dedicated to supporting our Physiotherapists in their practice area and expanding their skillsets regardless of location. All AHS Physiotherapists have access to a list of experienced clinicians across the province and are able to tap into this resource via email, phone and virtual meetings.

As we transition to our Provincial Electronic Medical Record (Connect Care) you will also be able to share patient information real time with these senior clinicians to assist you in providing high quality care.

Master's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program or bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program and related experience. Active or eligible registration and practice permit with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta.

As required.

Alberta Aides to Daily Living (AADL) Authorizer status preferred. Good working knowledge of electronic documentation is beneficial, with Connect Care training preferred.