Job Description

Your Opportunity:
This therapeutic recreation therapy assistant position provides services to the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre Continuing Care under the clinical direction of a Recreation Therapist.
Description:
As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.

Classification:

Therapy Assistant

Union:

HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program:

Recreation Therapy, Healthcare Centre Continuing Care

Primary Location:

Cold Lake Hlthcare/Mental Hlth

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

0.40

Posting End Date:

15-AUG-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temporary Part Time

Date Available:

08-SEP-2025

Temporary End Date:

23-DEC-2025

Hours per Shift:

6.0, 6.25, 6.50

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

5

Shift Pattern:

Days, Evenings

Days Off:

As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary:

$25.11

Maximum Salary:

$31.48

Vehicle Requirement:

Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Certification in Basic Life Support - Healthcare Provider from the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preference will be given to candidates with therapy assistant diploma with a specialization in therapeutic recreation or a therapeutic recreation diploma. Therapy assistant experience with therapeutic recreation in Continuing Care setting would also be considered an asset.