Original job description
Your Opportunity:
This exciting community based Occupational Therapy Interventionist position reports directly to the designated Care Manager within the Calgary Zone Home Care Program, Adults Team. The Occupational Therapist works within the full scope of their practice as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team. Home Care uses a strength–based Client Centered Case Management practice framework. Using a person-centered approach, you will develop care plan(s) and provide direct care for client(s)/family(s) by identifying their needs, focusing on strengths, and setting achievable personal health and self-care goals. In collaboration with the client(s)/family(s) and interdisciplinary team you will ensure care and services are provided and modified on an ongoing basis, based on client’s response to interventions, incorporating stewardship into service provision.
Description:
As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.
Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta Classification: Occupational Therapist I Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Adults Team, Home Care Primary Location: Northwest Centre 1 Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 06-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 16-OCT-2026 Temporary End Date: 18-AUG-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 12 Shifts per cycle: 60 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $42.51 Maximum Salary: $56.60 Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Required Qualifications:
Completion of bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program. Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).
Additional Required Qualifications:
The candidate must have 3 to 5 years Occupational Therapy experience with acute care focus and 1 to 2 years recent community/Home Care based setting experience. A vehicle in good repair. Ability to lift 30 lbs. You will be required to operate a laptop computer and mobile phone, and for manual handling (lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling) as a regular part of the job. Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) from Heart and Stroke Foundation within the last 12 months. Home Care experience required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with mental health, addictions, and/or harm reduction.
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Responsibilities
Provide evidence-informed occupational therapy services in clients’ homes, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, education, and case management. Collaborate with clients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to set goals, support independence, coordinate care, and improve service quality.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy and registration with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists. Candidates must have 3–5 years of occupational therapy experience, including acute care, 1–2 years of recent community or Home Care experience, a valid driver’s license and vehicle, ability to lift 30 pounds, and current BCLS-HCP certification.
Skills
- Occupational Therapy
- Client-Centered Care
- Case Management
- Occupational Performance
- Triage
- Screening
- Consultation
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Collaborative Goal Setting
- Treatment Planning
- Rehabilitation
- Self-Management Education
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Quality Improvement
- Clinical Supervision
Visa sponsorship
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Keywords
- Occupational Therapy
- Home Care
- Acute Care
- Client-Centered Case Management
- Person-Centered Care
- Interdisciplinary Health Care
- Occupational Performance
- Self-Care
- Triage
- Screening
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Collaborative Goal Setting
- Treatment
- Rehabilitation
- Self-Management
- Care Planning
- Transition Support
- Quality Improvement
- Peer Mentoring
- Student Supervision
- Therapy Assistant Supervision
- Alberta College of Occupational Therapists
- BCLS-HCP
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Mental Health
- Addictions
- Harm Reduction
- Driver's License
- Manual Handling
