Occupational Therapist, CFB Wainwright
- Wainwright, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Position Overview
Collaborating within a multidisciplinary healthcare team at CFB Wainwright, this role offers an Occupational Therapist the opportunity to have a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of today's Canadian Armed Forces service members. We can consider Part-Time or Full-time providers.
Responsibilities
As an Occupational Therapist, you will have the unique opportunity to work exclusively with military service members. Your responsibilities will include: Evaluating and providing treatments for individuals with a wide range of injuries; utilizing education, therapeutic exercises, manual techniques, and ergonomic modifications; and collaborating in the prescription of supportive and protective devices.
Qualifications
- Licensed with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT)
- 1 year of experience working with mental health, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, neurological, pre and post-surgical conditions, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and/or amputations
- You will be required to obtain a Government Security Clearance at the Reliability level
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Responsibilities
Evaluate and treat military service members with a wide range of injuries and health conditions using education, therapeutic exercises, manual techniques, and ergonomic modifications. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team on the prescription of supportive and protective devices.
Requirements
Applicants must be licensed with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists. At least one year of experience in one or more of the listed areas - including mental health, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, neurological, pre- and post-surgical conditions, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, or amputations - is required, along with eligibility to obtain Reliability-level Government Security Clearance.
Skills
- Occupational Therapy
- Injury Evaluation
- Treatment Planning
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Manual Techniques
- Ergonomic Modifications
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Mental Health
- Orthopaedics
- Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Neurological Conditions
- Brain Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Amputations
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Occupational Therapist
- Alberta College of Occupational Therapists
- Canadian Armed Forces
- Department of National Defence
- Healthcare Services
- Multidisciplinary Healthcare Team
- Injury Evaluation
- Treatment
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Manual Techniques
- Ergonomic Modifications
- Supportive Devices
- Protective Devices
- Mental Health
- Orthopaedics
- Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Neurological Conditions
- Pre-Surgical Conditions
- Post-Surgical Conditions
- Brain Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Amputations
- Government Security Clearance
- Reliability Clearance