Job Description

Your Opportunity:Are you looking to kickstart your career in a supportive environment? Look no further! As an OT in our community, you\'ll collaborate closely with seasoned professionals, including an Occupational Therapist II, who will provide clinical supervision and support as you grow in your practice. You\'ll also have the invaluable assistance of an Occupational Therapy Assistant. Working in a rural setting offers a unique and rewarding experience. You\'ll work with clients of all ages in a variety of clinical settings, including acute care, home care, and long-term care. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures that you\'ll enrich your practice and broaden your skills. You\'ll have access to Professional Practice Leaders, training, online resources, newsletters, and peer-to-peer networks. You\'ll also utilize Connect Care for centralized access to patient information, clinical standards, and best practices, helping you deliver the highest quality of care to your clients. In this role, you\'ll also explore Indigenous history, culture, and health practices, enhancing your ability to provide culturally sensitive care. If you\'re ready to make a real difference in the lives of others, while enjoying a supportive team environment, we encourage you to apply. We look forward to welcoming you to our team! For more information about the rewards of working in a rural setting, please visit: [https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/careers/Page13085.aspx].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: Pine Valley Lodge
• Primary Location: Pine Valley Lodge
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.90
• Posting End Date: 23-SEP-2024
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 02-OCT-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 9
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• 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:As Required. Preferred Qualifications:As Required.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.Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.We\'re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it\'s about putting patients\' and families\' experiences, priorities and trust first.We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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