Occupational Therapist - Mississauga, Canada - Trillium Health Partners

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    Position: Occupational Therapist

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    Status: Temporary Full Time (6 months, with possiblity of extending to 12 months)

    Department: Neurosurgery, Neuro/MSK

    Role Level: Allied Health AH10.4 ($39.19-$54.66 per hour)
    Site: Mississauga Hospital Site
    Hours of Work/Shifts: Monday-Friday, 8-hour shifts with rotational weekends

    Posted: April 26, 2024
    Internal Deadline: May 3, 2024

    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, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. 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

    Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage

    Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability

    Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research

    Key Qualifications:

  • Registered in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
  • MoCA training certification, or willingness to obtain within 1 month of hire
  • Has relevant experience managing acute adult patients who have a variety of conditions, particularly amputations, neurological, medical, and surgical adult populations
  • Demonstrates the ability to work on a dynamic, interdisciplinary team including families and community partners
  • Has effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrates excellent organizational skills and is able to be self-directed in a fast-paced, flexible working environment, balancing the needs of two unique teams
  • Has previous experience and ability to work effectively and collaboratively with Occupational Therapist Assistants
  • Seating and positioning and wound care experience are considered assets
  • Position Summary:

  • Assumes new caseloads comfortably and competently, with a strong focus on occupational performance issues in the acute patient
  • Is an active member of the interdisciplinary team
  • Provides Occupational Therapy services in keeping with the College guidelines and Essential Competencies
  • Provide clinical teaching, mentoring and/or supervision for Occupational Therapy students; engaging with inter-professional education experiences with students of all health disciplines.
  • Supervises support personnel in accordance with College guidelines
  • Participates in Professional Practice meetings as required
  • Supervises students and volunteers as appropriate
  • Participates actively in program planning and continuous quality improvement, thereby contributing to the overall vision/mandate of Occupational Therapy services at Trillium Health Partners
  • Provides workload measurement data as per MOH requirements