Original job description
Your Opportunity:
This position is eligible for an application for up to $60 000 in recruitment incentives. The recently opened Grande Prairie Regional Hospital provides a variety of career opportunities and specialization for your career development. Grande Prairie is a growing city with over 60,000 residents and serving approximately 260,000 people in our area. Grande Prairie has something for everyone! Outdoor and indoor recreation opportunities are available at the numerous parks and golf courses, in addition to a state of the art recreation facility and library. The city also has a vibrant arts and culture community with an art gallery, a few museums, and live theater. There are also a multitude of dining and shopping opportunities. Your opportunity is in a fast paced, dynamic, multi-disciplinary Emergency Department, with the possibility of liaising with and supporting the rest of acute care. We would love the opportunity to speak with you to share the opportunities and discuss your areas of interest. Our manager’s phone number is 825 412 4160 (Leana de Jager). In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.
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.
Classification: Occupational Therapist I Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Emergency Department Primary Location: Grande Prairie Rgnl Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 27-JAN-2027 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 08-FEB-2027 Hours per Shift: 11.25 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 7 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $42.51 Maximum Salary: $56.60 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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:
As required.
Preferred Qualifications:
As required.
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Responsibilities
Provide evidence-informed occupational therapy services, including triage, assessment, diagnosis, goal setting, treatment, education, case management, and transition support to help clients achieve functional ability and independence. Collaborate with clients, families, and interprofessional teams, contribute to quality improvement, and support peer mentoring, student supervision, and therapy assistants or aides.
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program is required. Registration with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT) is also required.
Skills
- Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Performance
- Triage
- Screening
- Consultation
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Collaborative Goal Setting
- Rehabilitation
- Treatment Planning
- Self-Management Education
- Case Management
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Quality Improvement
- Client and Family Engagement
- Clinical Supervision
Benefits
- Recruitment Incentives
- Remote Retention Allowance
Visa sponsorship
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Hiring contact
Leana de Jager
Keywords
- Occupational Therapy
- Emergency Department
- Occupational Performance
- Evidence-Informed Practice
- Triage
- Screening
- Consultation
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Collaborative Goal Setting
- Rehabilitation
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Self-Management
- Education
- Case Management
- Referral
- Transition Support
- Interprofessional Teams
- Quality Improvement
- Client and Family Engagement
- Clinical Supervision
- Therapy Assistants
- Therapy Aides
- Alberta College of Occupational Therapists
- ACOT
