Therapy Assistant

Your Opportunity:

This position may qualify for a recruitment incentive for temporary positions. For full details, visit rcif-hsaa.ca. Lacombe is a lovely city located in Central Alberta, 20 minutes north of Red Deer on the QE II. Lacombe has a wide variety of recreation amenities and facilities including the Kinsmen Aquatic Centre, Barnett Arenas, sports fields and ball diamonds, and trails and campgrounds galore! A regional public transit service connects Lacombe, Blackfalds and Red Deer and is an important quality of life benefit to those who prefer small town living. Lacombe is surrounded by parks and lakes and is a little piece of heaven right here on earth! As a Therapy Assistant you will perform safe and effective patient treatment interventions for individuals under the direction of the Occupational & Physiotherapist in Acute Care. You may be involved in assisting in various interventions including exercise and mobility programs, provision of mobility aids, ADL training, therapeutic transfers, equipment maintenance and inspection. Other duties include scheduling appointments, equipment ordering and provision, inventory cleaning and maintenance, ordering supplies, and preparing treatment areas. This position will consist of primarily physical therapy interventions, although some occupational therapy duties are also required. Additionally, there may be opportunity to work under the direction of a Registered Respiratory Therapist to deliver group exercise programming to respiratory clients.

Description:

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. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. 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: Acute Care Primary Location: Lacombe Hospital & Care Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.90 Posting End Date: 28-OCT-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits Date Available: 04-JAN-2027 Temporary End Date: 07-JAN-2028 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 9 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $27.44 Maximum Salary: $34.39 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:

As required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred completion of a Physical Therapy Diploma or an Interdisciplinary Therapy Assistant program with a Physical therapy component from an accredited post-secondary program.