| Date Posted: | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| Closing Date: | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| Competition Number: | ALB00482373 |
| Location: | Alberta | |
| Status: | Full-Time |
Description
Your Opportunity:
Step into a rewarding role as a Therapy Assistant and work alongside an exceptional team of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Respiratory Therapy professionals. Your day will be filled with meaningful client interactions, helping patients regain mobility, improve respiratory function, and adapt to daily activities. You'll monitor progress, report observations, and contribute to therapy plans. Additionally, you'll maintain patient records, prepare equipment, and ensure a safe therapy environment. The impact you make will be tangible, enhancing patients' well-being and quality of life. This is a perfect role if you have a passion for lifelong learning, strong ethical standards, and a talent for teamwork. Bring your interpersonal and clinical skills to a dedicated team committed to client-centered care. Lac La Biche offers a perfect blend of natural beauty and community charm, making it a wonderful place to live and work. For more information about the community, please visit https://rhpap.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RHPAP_COMMUNITYPROFILE_LACLABICHE_8.5x11_OCTOBER2024.pdf
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Basic Computer skills required. Experience working with elderly and/or disabled individuals necessary. Must be physically capable of lifting and transferring patients and equipment. Ability to manage multiple tasks and/or patients. Experience in outpatient setting, community, acute care and long-term care. Must be able to work with minimal supervision and have a good understanding of scope of practice. Excellent interpersonal skills and professional, courteous manner essential.
Responsibilities
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.
Term Of Appointment
Full Time
How To Apply
Apply here now: https://careers.albertahealthservices.ca/jobs/therapy-assistant-500585