- State-of-the-art facilities: The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
- A competitive salary: $42.56 - $52.95 per hour, depending on experience.
- Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and independence of all person. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.
About Us
The Hope to Health Clinic, Research and Innovation Centre in the Downtown Eastside is a unique and innovative health clinic comprised of a multidisciplinary clinical team focused on providing primary and specialty care for patients/ clients in the Downtown Eastside(DTES). The R&I centre is staffed by an interdisciplinary team (e.g., physicians, nurses, counsellors, peer navigators) and provides “wrap-around” healthcare to clients ensuring they receive the full continuum of care under one roof. Hope to Health Clinic works as part of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.(BC-CfE).
The BC-CfE is a world-renowned HIV/AIDS Centre with innovative, low barrier approach to healthcare delivery in clinical practice and an integrated group of research concentrations in Laboratory Sciences, Clinical Trials, Population Health and Epidemiology, Health Economics and Professional Education Programs. A multidisciplinary team of clinicians including Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers and Peers and researchers including Health Economists, Epidemiologists, Clinical Researchers, Statisticians, Programmers, and Data Analysts work collaboratively to improve the health of British Columbians with HIV and communities facing socio-economic barriers in accessing healthcare.
Your Day to Day
- Develops, plans and implements advanced physiotherapy assessments and treatments for patients with complex psychosocial and complex pain conditions in a coordinated approach and in accordance with established standards of practice and program standards by methods such as identifying patient issues/needs, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting clinical services. Collaborates with other members of the interdisciplinary team, the patient, family and caregivers and outside stakeholders in the creation of an appropriate ongoing care plan.
- Develops and delivers learning resources for health care team members and for patients and their families/caregivers based on best practices regarding the management of the functional and physical effects of living with complex pain by methods such as researching and reviewing professional literature, consulting with other professionals and reviewing and modifying education programs.
- Collaborates with other members of the inter-professional team to develop and plan evidence based programs, services and resources required by patients with chronic/complex pain. Acts as a clinical resource in meetings: provides expertise, input and recommendations to the team with the goal of enhancing patient care, service delivery, and clinical outcomes in chronic/complex pain management.
- Participates and/or leads continuous quality improvement activities by methods such as evaluating clinical activities and services, selecting and utilizing outcome measures to identify and troubleshoot inconsistencies, evaluate effectiveness of changes in patient care practice, attending and contributing to interdisciplinary meetings and providing advice as required.
- Establishes and builds positive and effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders such as members of the Hope to Health team, other health care professionals, the patient, family members/caregivers and community stakeholders.
- Provides education in the role of physiotherapy to medical, pharmacy, nursing, psychology, rehabilitation assistants, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students
- Maintains and updates own clinical and professional knowledge of current developments in physiotherapy by methods such as reviewing professional literature, consulting with other professionals, actively participating in ongoing relevant education programs and chronic/complex pain special interest groups.
- Participates and collaborates on research projects, identifies implications of research findings and imbeds new developments into the program, procedures and processes used for the patient population with chronic/complex pain.
- Educates members of the interdisciplinary team on most current information relating to physiotherapy practice and chronic/complex pain management, trends and evidence best practices, and updates educational material and/or policies to reflect changes.
- Maintains administrative reporting such as completion of workload measurement information, records and statistics as required.
- Maintains patient records by methods such as documenting patient assessments, charting patient progress notes, composing letters and reports (including medical-legal reports) in accordance with established standards, and policies and procedures to meet regulatory requirements and documenting for future reference.
- Performs other related duties as required.
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We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.