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Occupational Therapist I
16 hours ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada Regular Part timeYour Opportunity: · This Occupational Therapist I - Adult Inpatient Program position reports to a Unit Manager within the Adult Inpatient Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental health and Brain Injury. The program offers specialized inpatient assessment, treatment, rehabili ...
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Occupational Therapist I
3 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada Temp F/T BenefitsYour Opportunity: · Within the Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury, reporting to the Unit Manager, you will provide a broad range of services in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. As an Occupational Therapist I, you will be working both independently and as part ...
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Therapy Assistant
3 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · As a Therapy Assistant you will perform safe and effective patient treatment interventions for individuals under the direction of the Physiotherapist in an Outpatient setting. You may be involved in assisting in various interventions including exercise and ...
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Therapy Assistant
3 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · As a Therapy Assistant you will perform safe and effective patient treatment interventions for individuals under the direction of the Physiotherapist in an Outpatient setting. You may be involved in assisting in various interventions including exercise and ...
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Therapy Assistant
2 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · The Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury is a 48-bed facility that provides care for patients with acquired brain injury through an interdisciplinary approach. The Therapy Assistant program is a progressive and expanding service with a commitment to profe ...
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Therapy Assistant
3 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, CanadaYour Opportunity: · The Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury is a 48-bed facility that provides care for patients with acquired brain injury through an interdisciplinary approach. The Therapy Assistant program is a progressive and expanding service with a commitment to professio ...
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Therapy Assistant
2 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · Within the Adult Inpatient Program, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury provides care and treatment for those individuals experiencing a severe and persistent mental illness to support recover ...
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Therapy Assistant
1 week ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · As a Therapy Assistant in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation, you will be a valuable member of the interdisciplinary team. You will play an integral role in supporting clients and families that are living with the effects of mental illness by delivering throu ...
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Therapy Assistant
3 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · Within the Adult Inpatient Program, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury provides care and treatment for those individuals experiencing a severe and persistent mental illness to support recover ...
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Therapy Assistant
3 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · Within the Adult Inpatient Program, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury provides care and treatment for those individuals experiencing a severe and persistent mental illness to support recover ...
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Therapy Assistant
2 weeks ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, CanadaYour Opportunity: · The Halvar Johnson Centre for Brain Injury is a 48 bed inpatient rehabilitation program. It is a high intensity program designed for people with a moderate to severe non-progressive acquired brain injury between the ages of Under the direction and supervision ...
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Therapy Assistant
1 week ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, CanadaYour Opportunity: · The Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury is a 48-bed facility that provides care for patients with acquired brain injury through an interdisciplinary approach. The Therapy Assistant program is a progressive and expanding service with a commitment to professio ...
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Therapy Assistant
10 hours ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · Your opportunity as a Recreation Therapy Assistant in the Seniors Health Mood and Thought Disorders program at Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury is a unique and rewarding role. Reporting to the Recreational Therapist, you will play a piv ...
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Therapy Assistant
3 days ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · As a Therapy Assistant you will perform safe and effective patient treatment activities for home care clients under the direction of the Occupational & Physiotherapist. You will be involved in assisting in various interventions including strengthening and ...
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Therapy Assistant
10 hours ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, CanadaYour Opportunity: · This Therapy Assistant position reports to a Unit Manager within the Adult Inpatient Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental health and Brain Injury. The program offers specialized inpatient assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and support to those withi ...
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Therapy Assistant
1 day ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, CanadaYour Opportunity: · 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 ...
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Therapy Assistant
1 day ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · As a Therapy Assistant you will perform safe and effective patient treatment activities for home care clients under the direction of the Occupational & Physiotherapist. You will be involved in assisting in various interventions including strengthening and ...
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Therapy Assistant
6 days ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, CanadaYour Opportunity: · 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 ...
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Therapy Assistant
3 days ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · As a Therapy Assistant in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation, you will be a valuable member of the interdisciplinary team. You will play an integral role in supporting clients and families that are living with the effects of mental illness by delivering throu ...
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Therapy Assistant
2 days ago
Alberta Health Services Ponoka, Canada**Your Opportunity**: · The Halvar Johnson Centre for Brain Injury is a 48 bed inpatient rehabilitation program. It is a high intensity program designed for people with a moderate to severe non-progressive acquired brain injury between the ages of Under the direction and supervis ...
Occupational Therapist I - Ponoka, Canada - Alberta Health Services
Description
Your Opportunity:
Within the Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury, reporting to the Unit Manager, you will provide a broad range of services in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. As an Occupational Therapist I, you will be working both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team, responsible for enabling occupation through activities of assessment, treatment planning, intervention, consultation, education and follow-up, based on the patient's individualized goals, with outcomes focused on enabling the patient (client, resident) to perform meaningful daily occupations. You will provide clinical direction to therapy assistants, support personnel and students. You will review clinical referrals, accept, screen and assess client needs from an occupational therapy perspective in collaboration with other health disciplines. You will work in partnership with community agencies and providers as appropriate, to facilitate referrals and services to support care transitions in hospital and community settings. You will establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues, medical staff, and healthcare practitioners concerning documentation, treatment plans, progress and discharge. You will participate in client, family and caregiver education in collaboration with other disciplines, producing and maintaining clinical data, information, documentation and verbal reports to support the delivery of occupational therapy services, including charting.
Description:
As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.
Required Qualifications:Completion of bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program.Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).
Additional Required Qualifications:CPR Required – BLS for Health Care Providers Level C. You are physically capable of caring out the duties of this position. This physically demanding position requires the OT to physically assist patients in a variety of functional tasks. Complex moderate to severe brain injured patients may be very dependent for care at times. You are expected to manage behaviorally challenged patients. You will have excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications:Greater than 6 months experience in working in neurology, with stroke and brain injured patients. Three years' clinical experience in rehabilitation services using a client centered approach is preferred.