Occupational Therapist (casual), Transitional Health
- Bedford, NS, Canada
Temporary
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Original job description
If you take pride in being compassionate, honest, professional, and safe, consider a rewarding career as a casual Occupational Therapist with our new West Bedford Transitional Health team, where you will help redefine how patients transition from hospital to home.
This innovative facility integrates data and technology into patient assessment, care delivery, and communication, while providing specialized, person-centred support for individuals who no longer require hospital-level treatment but need additional care to safely return home or transition back into their community. Our team is committed to dignity, safety, and clinical excellence in every interaction.
Reporting to the Allied Health Manager, the Occupational Therapist is integral in supporting the goal of returning to home/community by being engaged in interprofessional collaboration, offering evidence based clinical expertise to inform care plans that fit with patient/family goals, using effective communication strategies, shared decision-making, and mutual support.
Meaningful Benefits
You will be surrounded by supportive and talented team members dedicated to helping patients successfully transition from hospital care back to their homes and communities. As an established and respected organization in the healthcare sector, Shannex offers opportunities for growth, development, and advancement in an environment where integrity, teamwork, and safety are at the heart of everything we do. At the end of every day, you will know you’ve made a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and their families.
Additional Benefits Include
In addition to placing high value on continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability, you bring:
This innovative facility integrates data and technology into patient assessment, care delivery, and communication, while providing specialized, person-centred support for individuals who no longer require hospital-level treatment but need additional care to safely return home or transition back into their community. Our team is committed to dignity, safety, and clinical excellence in every interaction.
Reporting to the Allied Health Manager, the Occupational Therapist is integral in supporting the goal of returning to home/community by being engaged in interprofessional collaboration, offering evidence based clinical expertise to inform care plans that fit with patient/family goals, using effective communication strategies, shared decision-making, and mutual support.
Meaningful Benefits
You will be surrounded by supportive and talented team members dedicated to helping patients successfully transition from hospital care back to their homes and communities. As an established and respected organization in the healthcare sector, Shannex offers opportunities for growth, development, and advancement in an environment where integrity, teamwork, and safety are at the heart of everything we do. At the end of every day, you will know you’ve made a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and their families.
Additional Benefits Include
- Free onsite parking
- Access to continuing education and training through Shannex’s Centre of Excellence
- Opportunities to be part of sector innovation and continuous improvement initiatives
- Recognition and Rewards for service excellence and safety
- Part of the allied health team, working in collaboration with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Recreation Therapists, Recreation Programmers, Social Workers, Dietitians, nursing team, care team, and Nurse Practitioners, to support patients’ functional goals for discharge
- Responsible for prioritizing and managing their own caseload and participates in the patient’s overall plan of care, providing consultation, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and follow-up while working within the site setting, the patient's home and/or their community
- Works in collaboration with the patient, caregivers, family, and interdisciplinary healthcare team to facilitate, restore and/or maintain the patient's optimal level of function in the areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure, depending on service area
- Assesses, administers, and interprets standardized and non-standardized tests and evaluations to assess patients with occupational therapy related concerns such as level of independence in activities of daily living, seating and mobility, swallowing and meal texture, pressure reduction and skin integrity, splinting
- Coordinates management of facility equipment; contacts suppliers for service and maintenance of wheelchairs, Geri chairs and power wheelchairs
- Designs and produces adaptive equipment, utensils, splints, or other orthotic devices as needed for use by patients; instructs patients and staff in the proper use of the equipment.
- Completes progress observations tests of occupational therapy treatment provided.
- Outlines work assignments
- Supervises, directs, and evaluates the work of the team
- Oversees the full recruitment process for new members of the team
- Manages the professional development of the team.
- In consultation with Human Resources Department, manages team member issues
- Prepares progress reports, funding requests, and statistical reports relating to occupational therapy treatment program and patient needs and maintains treatment records as required
In addition to placing high value on continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability, you bring:
- Bachelor/Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
- Current registration with the provincial Association of Occupational Therapists
- Minimal 1-year clinical experience
- Proof of valid CPR & Emergency First Aid Certification required
- Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology as related to the practice of occupational therapy
- Knowledge of the use of adaptive equipment, wheelchairs, utensils, and splints.
- Experience using Electronic Health Record system considered an asset
- Previous experience working in acute care, and/or a comparable environment considered an asset
- Successful candidates will be required to obtain a clear Criminal Record Check, and where applicable, a Vulnerable Sector Check, prior to appointment
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Responsibilities
Assess patients, develop and deliver occupational therapy interventions, and evaluate progress to support functional goals and safe transitions from hospital to home or community. Collaborate with patients, families, caregivers, and the interdisciplinary team, while managing equipment and treatment records and overseeing team assignments and development.
Requirements
A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy, current registration with the provincial occupational therapy association, and at least one year of clinical experience are required. Candidates must have valid CPR and Emergency First Aid certification and knowledge of occupational therapy practice, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and adaptive equipment; a criminal record check and, where applicable, a vulnerable sector check are also required.
Skills
- Occupational Therapy
- Patient Assessment
- Care Planning
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Clinical Communication
- Shared Decision-Making
- Activities of Daily Living Assessment
- Seating and Mobility Assessment
- Swallowing and Meal Texture Assessment
- Pressure Reduction and Skin Integrity
- Adaptive Equipment
- Wheelchair Management
- Splinting
- Electronic Health Records
- Caseload Management
- Team Supervision
Benefits
- Free Onsite Parking
- Continuing Education and Training
- Professional Growth and Advancement Opportunities
- Recognition and Rewards for Service Excellence and Safety
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Occupational Therapy
- Transitional Health
- Patient Assessment
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Person-Centred Care
- Care Planning
- Discharge Planning
- Activities of Daily Living
- Seating and Mobility
- Swallowing Assessment
- Meal Texture
- Pressure Reduction
- Skin Integrity
- Adaptive Equipment
- Wheelchairs
- Geri Chairs
- Power Wheelchairs
- Splints
- Orthotic Devices
- CPR
- Emergency First Aid
- Electronic Health Records
- Caseload Management
- Clinical Documentation
- Team Supervision
- Professional Development
- Criminal Record Check
- Vulnerable Sector Check