Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Adult Acute Inpatient Addiction and Mental Health at the Royal Alexandra Hospital is seeking an Occupational Therapist I to join the team. The Occupational Therapist will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team that supports individualized and group programming guided by the individual, reinforcing Recovery, Engagement, and Inclusive Care. This position is responsible for enabling occupation through assessment, treatment planning, intervention, consultation, education, and follow-up, based on the patient\'s individualized goals, with outcomes focused on enabling the patient (client, resident) to perform meaningful daily occupations. This position provides clinical direction to Therapy Assistants, support personnel and students. You will review clinical referrals, accept, screen, and assess client needs from an occupational therapy perspective in collaboration with other health disciplines. You will work in partnership with community agencies and providers as appropriate, to facilitate referrals and services to support care transitions in hospital and community settings. You will establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues, medical staff, and healthcare practitioners concerning documentation treatment plans, progress, and discharge. You will participate in client, family, and caregiver education in collaboration with other disciplines, producing and maintaining clinical data, information, documentation, and verbal reports to support the delivery of occupational therapy services.

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: RAH Adult Acute Services
• Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-SEP-2023
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 18-SEP-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $38.90
• Maximum Salary: $51.80
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT). Additional Required Qualifications:

Excellent communication skills. The ability to work within an interdisciplinary team. Advanced knowledge of mental illnesses, addictions, concurrent disorders. Culturally informed and evidence based/evidence informed treatment (including risk screening and crisis management). Working knowledge of the identification and management of concurrent disorders and medical co-morbidities, and the principles of chronic disease management and recovery are required. The ability to work independently with occasional review, consultation and evaluation from a manager or supervisor. Current NVCI training. Current Heart & Stroke Foundation Basic Life Skills (BLS). Working knowledge of patient and family centered care principles. Working knowledge of trauma informed care principles. Working knowledge of relevant legislation is required, including The Alberta Mental Health Act and Health Information Act. Three years of work experience in mental health and addictions is required and knowledge of Edmonton Zone Addiction and Mental Health resources is essential. Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working in an Addiction & Mental Health setting. Understanding of the criminal justice system as it relates to Addiction and Mental Health care settings. Connect Care, knowledge of LOCUS, working within a rehabilitative and recovery orientated framework.

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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