Exercise Therapist
Lifemark View all jobs
- Mississauga, ON
- Permanent
- Part-time
Start date: Immediately
Schedule: CasualIn this role you will:
- Travel to various sites in a day to provide coverage for staff for both planned and unplanned time off
- Independently lead group exercise and falls prevention programs in a group setting (you are not working under the scope of a PT)
- Implement exercise and education programs for seniors that focus on increasing mobility, pain relief, building strength, and improving balance
- Provide a consistent approach to prevent falls, reduce injuries, improve awareness of safety within the participant’s daily activities, develop an understanding of risks, falls prevention strategies, post-fall injuries, as well as increase participants’ independence, cognition, mobility and quality of life
- Prepare and maintain progress reports and basic metrics on participants and produces data as requested
- Be responsible for classroom setup and ensuring participants are able to enter the program site
- Attentively monitor residents while utilizing exercise equipment; promote and demonstrate safe use of all equipment as well as proper infection control practices for equipment
- Support and participate in the development and implementation of programs and objectives
- Accurately collect data for reporting
- Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology or College Diploma in related fields
- First Aid (CPR & AED) Certification
- Must have a full drivers license, reliable car and willingness to travel between sites throughout the region
- Experience with seniors & group programming is an asset
- Bilingual Preferred
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Improving inclusion and equity is a collective responsibility. Lifemark promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including but not limited to those self-identifying as a member of the employment equity groups: Indigenous peoples, Newcomers to Canada, Women, and Visible minorities.Accommodation
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