Therapy Aide

🔍 Calgary Zone, Calgary, Peter Lougheed Centre

📁: Physical Therapy

📅   : ALB00403213 Requisition #

📅   : Dec 12, 2023 Post Date

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Classification: Therapy Aide

Union: AUPE GSS

Unit and Program: Occupational Therapy

Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 18-DEC-2023

Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available: 02-JAN-2024

Temporary End Date: 03-JAN-2025

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 4

Shifts per cycle: 20

Shift Pattern: Days

Days Off: Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary: $21.11

Maximum Salary: $23.57

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Grade 12.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required. Basic computer skills required. Experience in leading Recreation Therapy group activities required. Capable and willing to provide support to SLPs in conducting swallowing assessments using X-ray technology. Ability to assist with client lifts and transfers, positioning, and basic ADL and IADL within the context of therapy program. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with members of the interdisciplinary team, patients, and families in a dynamic health care setting. Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team required. Skilled in problem solving, critical thinking, conflict resolution, self-initiative and brings a creative, patient, and sensitive approach to daily work. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize workload to keep pace in a busy multi-disciplinary patient care environment. Demonstrates behaviour consistent with the values of AHS – Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Safety.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in adult rehabilitation and acute care an asset. Experience supporting Speech Language Pathologist dysphagia (swallowing) assessment preferred. Recreation certificate. Geriatric/Cognitive Impairment experience and education. Previous training in Connect Care an asset.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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