Occupational Therapist I

The Community Based Occupational Therapist will provide assessment, intervention, and consultation services primarily within the City of Lethbridge, with the potential to float to surrounding rural communities as operationally required. Service delivery occurs in clients’ homes and community settings, including private homes, group homes, seniors’ lodges, and continuing care facilities. The successful incumbent will work both independently and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, demonstrating strong clinical judgment, excellent time management skills, and a commitment to patient and family centered care. Key Responsibilities: Provide occupational therapy assessments and interventions in community-based settings. Demonstrate strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills. Collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary team members to support coordinated care. Communicate clearly and compassionately with clients and families using a patient and family centered approach. Work independently while maintaining accountability and professional standards. Supervise and direct therapy assistants. Potential to provide consultative services and participate in virtual/tele rehabilitation service delivery, or demonstrate willingness to learn tele rehab modalities.

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.

Completion of bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program. Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).

As Required.

Experience in community-based practice settings. Experience supervising or supporting Therapy Assistants. AADL authorizer.