OTA/PTA - Surgical Spine Unit - Mississauga, Canada - Trillium Health Partners
Description
Job Description
Position: Occupational Therapy Assistant/Physiotherapy Assistant
Dept/Health System: Surgical Spine Unit
Posting ID:
Role/Level: Allied Health (AH $29.60-$34.11 per hour
Status: Temporary Part Time (up to 12 months)
Site: Mississauga Hospital
Shift: Days + weekend coverage (8-hour shifts)
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
Job Description:
This position assists the Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist with direct patient care activities such as implementing exercise programs, facilitating activities of daily living and mobilizing patients as assigned in providing care to the neurosurgery population. They are also responsible for coordinating unit and profession specific functions such as coordination of equipment, and some administrative responsibilities, and other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
· Diploma for both Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist Assistant from a recognized provincial college required.
· Reliable and self-directed, with good critical thinking, judgment and problem-solving skills.
· Demonstrated effectiveness working independently as well as liaising with the interprofessional team.
· Excellent organizational skills required.
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
· Must be able to work weekends.
· Satisfactory attendance and performance required.
· Experience working in a Neurosurgery setting is an asset.