Original job description
Your Opportunity:
The University of Alberta Hospital is one of Canada’s leading clinical, research and teaching hospitals, treating more than 700,000 patients annually from western and northern Canada. The hospital offers a wide range of diagnostic and treatment services, including specialized adult services within cardiac sciences, neurosciences, surgery, medicine, renal, critical care, burns, emergency, transplant and trauma. This Therapy Assistant position will support patients specifically who are within the Surgery Rehabilitation team. Our site provides excellent learning opportunities through our formal professional practice lead events as well as supports ongoing informal reflective practice and mentorship from the vast collective experiences of other professionals. For additional information, please contact 780-407-6401.
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: Surgery Primary Location: U of A Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 17-NOV-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Date Available: 25-JAN-2027 Temporary End Date: 18-FEB-2028 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends 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:
Current Basic Life Support (BLS-HCP) certification and a Therapy Assistant Diploma certificate from Canadian institutions is required. Your quality of work must meet departmental and organizational expectations. Demonstrated clarity in your communication, organization and consistency of ideas, both verbally and written, including clinical documentation, is required. You must be highly motivated, confident, and enthusiastic individual with a positive attitude whose work aligns with AHS Values. You must be able to act quickly and decisively using critical thinking and problem-solving skills. You can work independently and as a part of the team creating strong, effective interpersonal working relationships with peers and other caregivers. You are a reliable worker who uses time effectively and is able to prioritize and complete assigned tasks. You have effective teaching skills for students and other professionals. You have knowledge and experience supporting Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in both individual and group treatment plans. You should be able to work with Bariatric patients and lifting, carrying equipment more than 50lbs.
Preferred Qualifications:
One (1) year directly related experience is preferred. Previous experience working in the Edmonton Zone acute care. Equipment repairs and inventory management knowledge is an asset. Experience supporting Recreation and Speech Language Therapists an asset. Basic computer skills, and familiarity with Connect Care, Netcare, Outlook and other electronic medical records are preferred. Therapy Assistant diploma from Canadian institution is preferred.
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Responsibilities
Provide direct and indirect rehabilitation care to patients in the Surgery Rehabilitation team, working independently and with an interprofessional team under the direction of regulated therapy professionals. Support treatment plans, contribute to quality improvement and program planning, and assist with student supervision and effective care-team collaboration.
Requirements
A diploma from an accredited rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training is required, along with current BLS-HCP certification and a Therapy Assistant diploma from a Canadian institution. Applicants must demonstrate strong communication, organization, critical thinking, teamwork, and teaching skills, and be able to support physiotherapy and occupational therapy treatment plans, including work with bariatric patients and equipment weighing over 50 pounds; one year of related experience is preferred.
Skills
- Rehabilitation Support
- Patient Care
- Physiotherapy Support
- Occupational Therapy Support
- Clinical Documentation
- Communication
- Organization
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Teaching
- Student Supervision
- Quality Improvement
- Program Planning
- Equipment Inventory Management
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Keywords
- Therapy Assistant
- Rehabilitation
- Surgery Rehabilitation
- Interprofessional Team
- Direct Client Care
- Indirect Client Care
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Recreation Therapy
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Audiology
- BLS-HCP
- Clinical Documentation
- Patient-Centered Care
- Reflective Practice
- Lifelong Learning
- Quality Improvement
- Program Planning
- Student Supervision
- Bariatric Patients
- Equipment Handling
- Equipment Repairs
- Inventory Management
- Connect Care
- Netcare
- Outlook
- Electronic Medical Records
- Acute Care
