Rehabilitation specialist Jobs in Mississauga, ON

Date Posted : 10 / 07 / 2024

Req ID : 39681

Faculty / Division : UofT Mississauga

Department : UTM : Dept of Recreation, Athl & Wellness

Campus :  University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Position Number : 00044231

Description : About us :

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity :

The Department of Recreation, Athletics & Wellness believes that healthy students are successful students. We believe that by contributing to a student’s wellbeing we contribute to a student’s academic success. Exciting opportunities are found throughout this department, whether developing community engagement through sport, awareness of wellness and recreation, or creating an accessible environment for all students to engage in physical activity. Come and join us in our goal of building a healthy & engaged campus.

Reporting to the Supervisor, Sports Programs the incumbent will support students and tri-campus athletes in their physical rehabilitation care during and post competition, implement the department's concussion protocol and refer students to the appropriate services for support following an injury. As part of the recreation team, this role will also work as a compliment to the personal trainers and the high-performance staff. They will also provide support to students who are non tri-campus student athletes i.e. recreational participants.

The incumbent must be able to work variable shifts depending on the program needs and scheduling, which will include evenings and weekend hours.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Conducting athletic therapy assessments in accordance with professional standards
• Assessing and selecting appropriate therapeutic exercises and modalities
• Providing on-field triage and support to medical professionals as required
• Advising coaching staff if practice drills techniques or exercises are deemed to pose any risk of injury
• Providing manual physical health assessments and treatments in accordance with professional standards
• Coordinating the schedule for program and event calendars
• Recommending preventative measures and evaluating risk factors to ensure safety
• Directing the activities of casual staff

Essential Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you will be :

Closing Date : 10 / 18 / 2024, 11 : 59PM ET

Employee Group : USW

Appointment Type : Budget - Term

Schedule : Monday to Friday 10 : 15 am-6 : 15pm and may include evenings and weekends ​​​​​​​

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone :

USW Pay Band 09 $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation / Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category : Athletics

Recruiter : Jessica Halteh

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

This is a term position ending May 12 ,2025.