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    Occupational Therapist I - Grande Prairie, Canada - Alberta Health Services

    Alberta Health Services
    Alberta Health Services Grande Prairie, Canada

    2 days ago

    Alberta Health Services background
    Regular Full time
    Description

    Your Opportunity:

    Grande Prairie is a growing city with over 60,000 residents and serving approximately 260,000 people in our area. This position is based in the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Emergency Department. Grande Prairie has something for everyone Outdoor and indoor recreation opportunities are available at the numerous parks and golf courses, in addition to a state of the art recreation facility and library. Grande Prairie offers a variety of career options and specialization available for the career minded individual.Your opportunity is in a fast paced, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team working in the Emergency Department. Our manager's phone number is Along with a variety of career development opportunities, AHS offers a competitive rate of pay, and a Remote Retention Allowance to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.

    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:

    Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).

    Additional Required Qualifications:

    As Required.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    As Required.


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