Salary: CAD $45.15/hr - $56.17/hr.

Position: Advanced Practice Physiotherapist (APP) in the Hip and Knee Arthritis Surgical Assessment Program (ASAP) at Vancouver Coastal Health, Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, BC.

The Patient Population

As a physiotherapist with the ASAP team you will triage and prioritize patients for surgery with moderate to severe osteoarthritis of the hip or knee referred to the program.

The Nature of Your Work

• First point of contact for consultation and assessment for the defined population
• Comprehensive physical assessment and triage patients for surgical consult or refer to non-surgical chronic disease management services
• Independently removes non-surgical patients from the surgical consult waitlist
• Teaches pre-operative hip and knee classes
• Full integration with local orthopedic surgeons and post-consult communication with the primary care provider