Therapy Assistant

The Community Audiology Team is a dedicated group of Allied Health professionals and support staff committed to the provision of quality hearing health care to our clients and families. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of several audiologists and will be responsible for a variety of duties to support patients, families, and clinicians during outpatient audiology appointments. Assigned duties will include hearing screening of (pre)school-aged children as well as performing newborn hearing screening for infants as part of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program at the Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre. The successful candidate may also assist audiologists in the assessment and management of preschool and school aged children and participate in equipment/supplies management and troubleshooting.

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.

Minimum 3 years’ experience working as a Therapy Assistant with pediatric population. Demonstrated excellence communicating with young children and parents of infants/children of all ages.

Experience completing (pre)school-aged hearing screenings under the supervision of an Audiologist or Speech-Language Pathologist. Experience completing infant hearing screenings in an outpatient environment following EHDI protocols. Completion of Alberta Health Services EHDI Hearing Screener Training program. Experience assisting audiologists during (pre)school-aged audiological assessments.