Therapy Assistant

Grow your career as a Therapy Assistant as you enjoy a work with a work life balance in rural Alberta. This therapeutic recreation therapy assistant position provides services to St. Paul Continuing Care as part of an interdisciplinary team. St. Paul is “A people kind of place.” Located within Alberta’s Lake country on the traditional lands of Treaty 6, and the beautiful lands of the Metis. St. Paul was founded in 1896 as a Metis colony. You can find all the essential amenities, a variety of recreational options including sports, arts, and social groups, and enjoy outdoor playground right in your backyard. The 300-kilometre Iron Horse Trail welcomes hikers, bikers, horseback riders, and ATVs in all seasons. There are English or French K-12 schools, while Portage College and Blue Quills University offer local post-secondary options. Whatever your age, life stage, or interests, you can grow and thrive in St. Paul. Rural Alberta is beautiful, peaceful, and provides a great backdrop for a fulfilling career.

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.

Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

Certification in Basic Life Support from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Preference will be given to candidates with therapy assistant diploma with a specialization in therapeutic recreation or a therapeutic recreation diploma. Therapy assistant experience with therapeutic recreation in Continuing Care setting is an asset.