Ota/pta - Mississauga, Canada - Trillium Health Partners

Trillium Health Partners

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Mississauga, Canada

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Job Description:

Position:
OTA/PTA - 1D Rehab

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Status:
Permanent Part Time

Dept/Health System:
Credit Valley Hospital

Hours of Work/Shifts:
Weekends and statutory holidays; opportunity to pick up shifts M-F to backfill FT staff

Posted:
June 01, 2023

Internal Deadline:
June 08, 2023

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada.

Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission
:
A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community

When we set out to build our vision and future, we connected with our community - patients, families, visitors, physicians, staff and volunteers.

The foundational goals of our new strategic plan - quality, access and sustainability - anchor everything we do.

Our mission for a new kind of health care is built on an inter-connected system of care organized around patients - inside and outside the hospital.

At THP, we are relentless in providing high quality, compassionate care to our communities and take great pride in fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and we are all accountable for contributing to a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing and promoting excellence in patient care though advancing patient and staff safety.

If you are passionate about what you do, motivated to improve the health of the community, committed to excellence, quality and patient safety we would like you to join our Better Together team

About our Unit:

1D is a 50 bed specialized unit comprised of rehab patients and sub-acute geriatric patients.

We are a skilled group of rehabilitation healthcare professionals who strive for excellence in providing compassionate, patientcentered care. Our goalfocused therapy guides our patients in their journey to independence and reintegration into community. Our team works diligently towards improving the physical, cognitive and communication problems caused by an injury or illness. We work with our patients to improve their quality of life and support their desire to return to meaningful activities._
Our patient's success is optimized by selfmotivation, active participation and family support._
Currently, we are also managing some acute medicine beds along with our rehab and subacute geriatric patients._

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Key Qualifications:***- Diploma from a recognized two year OTA/PTA Program

Experience with inpatient rehabilitation is an asset
Current BCLS and evidence of continuing education is required
Reliable, flexible, creative, selfdirected professional with strong observation skills
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members
Confident, overseeing exercise and functional activity
Exercises good judgment, critical thinking and problem solving skills
Demonstrates effective interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
A positive attendance record is essential

Position Summary:

As an active member of a multidisciplinary team, the dual trained OTA/PTA provides clientcentered clinical care for assigned patients under the direction and supervision of a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist.
Provides goaloriented treatment interventions, patient/family education and support to address physical, emotional and selfcare needs as assigned
Provides timely and astute information to relevant team members about patient's performance
The ability to perform as a coach/mentor and to use sound critical thinking skills is key to achieving patient outcomes and to facilitating team function
Participates in program planning, continuous quality improvement and evaluation
Supervise activities of OTA/PTA students, volunteers and coop students as required
Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy_

- , safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital_
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In accordance with the _
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005_

- and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation._