Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Reporting to the Care Manager for Allied Health and Patient Experience, the Occupational Therapist (OT) I is an integrated member of the interdisciplinary team. This position is part of a centralized OT team that will facilitate a mix of centralized programming, as well as providing support to a dedicated unit. The successful candidate will support individual, and group recovery-based programming guided by the individual. In addition to supporting individuals with their recovery goals, the incumbent will use recovery-oriented principles, engagement, and inclusive care to help guide and provide feedback on quality improvement initiatives within the OT and overall Allied Health & Patient Experience team.

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: Allied Health & Patient Experience
• Primary Location: Alberta Hospital Edmonton
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.51
• Posting End Date: 05-SEP-2023
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 15-SEP-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 5
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• 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:

Current Heart & Stroke Foundation Basic Life Skills (BLS). Preferred Qualifications:

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

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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