Therapy Assistant - Cold Lake, Canada - Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services

Verified Company

Cold Lake, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Your Opportunity:

This therapy assistant position supports services in physiotherapy and occupational therapy in acute care, continuing care and ambulatory outpatients at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre and occasional travel may be required to the Cold Lake Community Health Services site.

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: Allied Health Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
Primary Location: Cold Lake Hlthcare/Mental Hlth
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Multisite
FTE: 1.

00

Posting End Date: 28-FEB-2023

Employee Class: Regular Full Time

Date Available: 22-MAY-2023

Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: As Per Rotation
Minimum Salary: $24.62
Maximum Salary: $30.86
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:

As required.

Preferred Qualifications:

One year experience working as a therapy assistant in a rural setting. One year of experience Continuing Care experience in therapy assistant position. Experience working with aids to daily living mobility equipment including wheelchairs and walker maintenance and client education.