Therapy Assistant

The Therapy Assistant performs safe and effective patient treatment activities for both individuals and groups under the direction of the Recreational Therapist. The successful candidate will work as part of a Recreational Therapy team in providing treatment programs for clients in the Home Care Services stream. In this role, you will provide direct patient care and have the opportunity to contribute ideas and feedback to the Recreation Therapist in shaping future programs and interventions. Red Deer is located in Central Alberta near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city - after Calgary and Edmonton with just over 100,000 citizens. The Red Deer area has one of the fastest growing economies in North America and is consistently ranked as a prime location for doing business. This economic growth has created many job opportunities in the region. Red Deer has plenty of education options: public schools, private schools, francophone programs and post-secondary institutions. Red Deer is home to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum as well as the Sunnybrook Farm Museum, Fort Normandeau (located on the banks of the Red Deer River), the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, and the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. There are several multi-use recreational centres including the Collicutt Centre, G.H. Dawe Community Centre and Michener Aquatic Centre and several golf courses.

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.

Diploma from an approved post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program that includes Recreational Therapy. Equivalent related training may be considered. Heart & Stroke: Basic Cardiac Life Support - Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP).

As required.