Occupational Therapist II

Your Opportunity:

Home Care is a multi-disciplinary team with RN, LPN, SW, RT, PT, OT, and Rehab Assistants who collaborate and conduct home visits to deliver services to clients with a wide variety of conditions, including complex health needs. As an Occupational Therapist I in the Rural South Home care team, you will act both as a Case Manager as well as a direct care provider, utilizing your strong skills in family-centered practice, coaching, assessing, organizing and communication. The Case Management duties include ongoing assessing and identifying the overall needs of the client, in collaboration with the family and other partners, and developing a care plan based on those needs. The care plan ensures appropriate services are provided, and the appropriate internal and external resources are accessed. Case Managers work within a Competency Framework that includes personal and professional accountability, systems thinking, creative thinking, communicating and building relationships. This role requires flexibility, adaptability and rural/remote travelling; possession of a valid drivers’ license and access to a motor vehicle in good repair for work related purposes. Please note this position is approximately 64 km SW outside of Calgary City Limits supporting primarily High River.

Description:

As an Occupational Therapist II, you will be responsible for the coordination of occupational therapy and other allied health clinical services within a program or service area. You will provide supervision of students and team members as assigned. As an Occupational Therapist II, you will be responsible to work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team where you will be an integral member, providing leadership to other healthcare professionals. You will be making day-to-day clinical decisions on patient/family needs regarding assessment, intervention, discharge and follow-up. You will make decisions and advise team members on complex clinical cases and provide clinical leadership within the program or service area to ensure safe, efficient and effective client care. You will ensure occupational therapy practice is evidence-based and in alignment with Alberta legislation and regulations, professional standards of practice, code of ethics and AHS policy and guidelines. You will be providing coordination of the day-to-day operations of an assigned service area and monitoring care delivery, identifying service needs and assisting other medical staff with caseload management, completing chart audits and providing follow-up and feedback to staff. You will be participating in program development and operational planning and representing the department on committees or programs. You will be making decisions on staffing level requirements, workflow and caseload priorities in collaboration with managers and other healthcare providers. As assigned, you will carry out the roles of a direct clinical service provider, consultant, educator and/or advocate in your program or service area.