Part Time Therapy Assistant

It serves as a regional hub with a main trading area involving over 11, 000 people. The town has a wide assortment of community facilities including an elementary/junior high school, a composite high school, a library, twin arenas, an aquatic centre, a performing arts theatre, and much more. 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
Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
Unit and Program: Allied Health / Recreation LTC
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
Employee Class: Regular Part Time
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: Shifts per cycle: Shift Pattern: Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
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: Recreational therapy assistant diploma is a requirement. Basic Cardiac Life Support – Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP).