Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Come join the dynamic Calgary Rural Rehabilitation team! This temporary full-time opportunity will be based out of Claresholm, and will be focused on supporting our Occupational therapy programming in the Willow Creek Continuing Care Centre as well as the Claresholm general Hospital. The team in Claresholm consists of 2 Physiotherapists, 1 Occupational Therapist, 3 Therapy Assistants and 1 Speech Language Pathologist. The Rural Allied Health team in Claresholm provides rehabilitation services for long term care, acute care, outpatients and home care. Willow Creek Continuing care supports 100 long term care residents, and Claresholm General Hospital houses a 16 bed Acute Medical Unit and an emergency department. Claresholm is a beautiful small town along Highway 2, between Calgary and Lethbridge. The town has a variety of sports, social, and arts organizations for many different ages, stages, and interests. Venues like the local arena, Agriplex, Aquatic Centre, ball diamonds, gym and fitness studios, and a golf course support activities ranging from yoga, dance, archery, swimming, hockey, curling, horse shows, and rodeos. It is located close to Waterton Lakes National Park and numerous regional attractions, including Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Fort McLeod historical sites. Reporting to the Rural Allied Health Manager (Adults) the Occupational therapist will work with our existing rehabilitation team to provide integrated rehabilitation services across the continuum of health services. Areas of responsibility include supporting the acute care, long term care, home care, and outpatient programs. In addition to performing your clinical roles you will be expected to foster effective relationships within the site and across our rehabilitation teams.

Description:

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client\xc2\xbfs physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.

• Classification: Occupational Therapist I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Acute Care, Long Term Care, Outpatient
• Primary Location: Claresholm Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Multisite
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 08-JAN-2024
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
• Date Available: 18-JAN-2024
• Temporary End Date: 01-JUL-2024
• 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: $38.90
• Maximum Salary: $51.80
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of bachelor\'s degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program. Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT). Additional Required Qualifications:

BLS-HC Healthcare provider (current or to be obtained within 2 months of starting). Preferred Qualifications:

Previous rural experience. Previous experience in acute care, long term care and/ or outpatient services for a senior population strongly preferred.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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