Therapy Assistant
Your Opportunity:
Come join the dynamic Calgary Rural Rehabilitation team! This 18 month part-time opportunity (4 days/week) will be based out of the Oilfields General Hospital in Black Diamond and will be focused on supporting Rehabilitation programming in the facility as well as in the community. Oilfields General Hospital has 15 Acute Care beds and 30 Long Term Care. The Therapy Assistant provides rehab services within the Oilfields General Hospital, primarily supporting Acute Care and Long Term Care and will also have the opportunity to provide support to outpatient and home care services. The Therapy Assistant functions as an integral member of the inter-professional team. Black Diamond is located approximately 40 minutes southwest of Calgary and has a variety of parks, trails and a golf course. Located on the doorstep of Kananaskis Country, it has easy access to a wide variety of outdoor activities. Reporting to the Rural Allied Health Manager (Adults), the Therapy Assistant will work with our existing rehabilitation team to provide integrated rehabilitation services across the continuum of health services. The Therapy Assistant will support Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech Language Pathology interventions. In addition to performing your clinical roles, you will be expected to foster effective relationships within the site and across our rehabilitation teams, and at times, participate in quality improvement and program development initiatives within the Rural Calgary zone.
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 pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.
- Classification: Therapy Assistant
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Acute Care, Long Term Care, Community
- Primary Location: Oilfield Community
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.80
- Posting End Date: 21-JAN-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 31-JAN-2025
- Temporary End Date: 30-AUG-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 8
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $25.11
- Maximum Salary: $31.48
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:Graduate from a recognized TA program. BLS-HC certificate. At least 1 year experience (0.5 FTE or more) working as a Therapy Assistant in acute and/or LTC setting. Experience with equipment set-up and maintenance (e.g., wheelchairs, cushions, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications:Previous experience working as a therapy assistant in a home care environment. Previous experience working as a therapy assistant with a multi-disciplinary team. Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team.
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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