Therapy Assistant

🔍 North Zone, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie Virene Building

📁: Physical Therapy

📅   : ALB00489294 Requisition #

📅   : Apr 08, 2025 Post Date

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Acute Care Alberta: N

Primary Care Alberta: N

Recovery Alberta: N

Classification: Therapy Assistant

Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program: Adult Day Program

Primary Location: Grande Prairie Virene Building

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 15-APR-2025

Employee Class: Regular Full Time

Date Available: 28-APR-2025

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 10

Shift Pattern: Days

Days Off: Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary: $25.11

Maximum Salary: $31.48

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Therapeutic Recreation Assistant or equivalent Diploma/Certification from a recognized post-secondary institution or equivalent experience required. Preferably 3 years’ experience working in a Therapeutic Recreation position with seniors and/or individuals with challenges. Valid BCLS-HCP certificate required. Reliability is essential to this program. It is a small off site program with very limited ability to provide coverage if one of the team members are off-sick. The latter scenario may lead to cancellation of some or all of the clients on a particular day. This position is anticipated to have high physical demands based on the client need. The successful candidate needs to be physically capable of pushing wheelchairs for an extended period of time, walking with clients, loading clients onto the bus for outings, supporting the clients in a range of physical hygiene tasks and performing client transfers over the course of a full shift. Must be proficient working on a computer, with experience in Connect Care, Microsoft Word, and Excel. Proven organizational and time management skills with good decision-making ability.

Preferred Qualifications:

As Required.

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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