Enhanced Extern - Toronto, Canada - Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Description

Join us in building a world of possibility Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital, and a top 40 Canadian research hospital. Serving over 8,500 families annually in both inpatient and outpatient programs and services, Holland Bloorview is renowned for its expertise in partnering with clients and families to provide exceptional care and is the only organization to ever achieve 100 per cent in three successive quality surveys by Accreditation Canada.

Holland Bloorview's vision is to support the most meaningful and healthy futures for all children, youth and families. We are an academic hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. All clinical staff are expected to contribute to the academic agenda through one or more of the following activities: supervising students, teaching, academic service, scholarship and research.

Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.

Reporting to Clinical Nurse Manager, the enhanced extern - therapy program is a new initiative at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Enhanced extern - therapy will be immersed in our hospital setting, as part of an interdisciplinary team in the capacity as unregulated health care providers. They will learn how our regulated staff work and will collaborate with our interprofessional care teams in the provision of daily care. Ultimately, this exciting program will provide the enhanced extern - therapy with the platform to develop important clinical skills while increasing their knowledge of our hospital community. While enhanced extern - therapy are Holland Bloorview employees, they cannot replace therapy staff or be redeployed. Enhanced externs - therapy will work in collaboration with regulated health care professionals in their assigned clinical area. Enhanced externs - therapy's background and training will vary. Enhanced externs - therapy must have the knowledge, skill and judgement to ensure safe and appropriate delivery of care. Enhanced externs - therapy practices under direct and/or indirect supervision of the regulated health care professionals assigned to them and enhanced externs - therapy are not permitted to perform any controlled acts. The regulated health care professional should assess competency and provide guidance when assigning tasks to Enhanced externs - therapy. The successful candidates will be required to work on the inpatient units. Enhanced externs - therapy will be hired on contract, during which they will work part time hours to a maximum of full-time hours (37.5 hours per week). The scheduling of these hours will be determined based on program needs and may include day/evening/night and weekend shifts. Shifts will be a minimum of 4 hours to a maximum of 8hrs - working around schooling commitments and following one person as much as possible. There is not a set number of hours that they have to work each week or in total and this program is currently temporary.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs the following under the direct/indirect supervision of regulated care team, including Nursing, OT and PT staff.
• Provides safe care that promotes and supports the physical, psychosocial and spiritual wellbeing of clients and families
• Assist with patient positioning & repositioning (examples: Bed, wheelchair (w/c), turning)
• Assist with patient transfers: examples: Wheelchair to bed (mechanical lift or other), Commode/toilet
• Assist with patient ambulation and utilization of appropriate assistive devices when required (Examples: cane, walker, w/c, appropriate footwear, splints)
• Assist clients in working towards their identified program goals as appropriate and under the direction of nurse
• Assist with treatment intervention under direct supervision, Examples: Individual and group based, cognitive, range of motion that they have the knowledge, skill and judgement to do safely, excluding controlled acts.
• Provides care in collaboration with staff, and communicates with members of the interdisciplinary care team as appropriate
• Support development of client independence in the practice of scheduling and directing their own care as related to self-care, productivity and recreation/ leisure participation.
• In partnership with clients/families and the interdisciplinary team, assist with the provision of client and family-centred care which is goal directed, evidence based and outcome oriented
• Supports and respects the client/family's rights to make decisions based on their own values, beliefs and experiences
• Restocking of isolation carts and supply room in therapy spaces
• Specific administrative tasks (examples: inventory, clinical resource organization, print labels, other)
• Participates in quality improvement activities to ensure delivery of efficient and effective health care and the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment
• Demonstrates accountability for own client care by adhering to Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital's Policies and Procedures i.e. positioning, and other client personal care needs.
• Establishes onboarding goals and objectives
• Maintains own knowledge, skills, and abilities through attendance at onboarding and professional development sessions
• Utilizes a strength based approach to care
• Communicates in a timely and effective manner
• Sanitization of equipment (examples: equipment used)
• Equipment organization (examples: w/c, commode, walker, other)
• Liaises with appropriate members of the care team to identify patient care needs
• Reports patient observations to appropriate member of the care team (Examples: changes in skin appearance, comfort or safety factors)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be enrolled in an OT or PT Master's program at a Canadian University.
• Current BCLS certificate—Basic Rescuer required.
• Experience in working in clinical placement and/or experience in working with children and youth is preferred
• Experience in behaviour management preferred
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment
• Demonstrated responsibility and skills to work independently
• Completion of mandatory/required certifications provided via corporate orientation, including enhanced extern - therapy orientation, and as defined by program (e.g. Fit Test, WHIMS, AODA, IPAC)

APPLICATION

Please submit the following documents:

• Copy of resume
• Copy of cover letter
• Proof of student enrollment - the position is funded by the Ontario Health Ministry. To be eligible to hold an extern position, individual will need to be an active student in their respective academic program.