Job Description
Your Opportunity:
Villa Caritas is an acute inpatient geriatric psychiatry hospital. This 150-bed hospital serves individuals living with dementia of all stages, other psychiatric illnesses such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders and thought disorders, complex psychosocial needs and other medical comorbidities. Its programs promote a patient-centered approach and include a variety of individual and group programs that focus on optimizing functioning, independence, and quality of life. The comprehensive multidisciplinary team works together to treat the whole person: body, mind and soul.
Description:
The Physical Therapist I (PT) is responsible for providing direct client focused therapeutic care, in collaboration and consultation with other members of the interdisciplinary team. The PT assesses physical status of clients, participates in the development and implementation of an integrated plan of care. The PT is responsible for the provision of services in accordance with established standards, and the Mission, Vision, Values, policies and procedures of Covenant Health. This position is covered by the terms and conditions of the HSAA Paramedical Professional/Technical Collective Agreement.
Classification: Physiotherapist I
Union: COV HSAA PROF TECH
Unit and Program: Rehabilitation Medicine
Primary Location: Villa Caritas
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 28-AUG-2026
Employee Class: Regular Full Time
Date Available: 07-SEP-2026
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: As Per Rotation
Minimum Salary: $42.51
Maximum Salary: $56.60
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Graduate of a Physical Therapy program or recognized equivalent required. Active registration with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta is required. Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (Level C) required.
Additional Required Qualifications:
As Required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in acute care. Experience working in geriatric psychiatry.
About the Company
We provide quality health care for the whole person — body, mind and soul.
Our mission calls us to serve all Albertans with compassion and to nurture life at all stages. With 19 sites across the province, we offer care from birth to end of life, focusing on mental health services and continuing, palliative and rural care. We are proud to be a valued part of Alberta’s integrated health system.
How to Apply
Apply online at: https://careers.covenanthealth.ca/jobs/physiotherapist-i-585996