Therapy Assistant - Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy

Come join the dynamic Calgary Rural Rehabilitation team! This regular full-time opportunity will be based out of the High River General Hospital, and will be focused on supporting Rehabilitation programming in the facility, as well as in the community. The Therapy Assistant provides rehab services within the High River 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. The High River Hospital is located 45 minutes south of Calgary and has 28 acute care beds and 50 Long Term Care beds. The multidisciplinary rehab team consists of 13 staff, supporting both the acute and LTC at the hospital as well as the emergency department, complex outpatient services, and Early Hearing Detection. 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. Current rotation for the position is Mon thru Friday, no weekends or stat holidays. 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 time participate in quality improvement and program development initiatives within the Rural Calgary zone.
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. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.

Classification: Therapy Assistant LC
Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
Unit and Program: Acute Care, Long Term Care, Community
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
Employee Class: Regular Full Time
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days Off: As Per Rotation
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: Graduate from a recognized TA program. Previous experience working as a therapy assistant in long term care setting. Previous experience working as a therapy assistant in an acute care setting.