Therapy Assistant

This full time Therapy Assistant position will support Chinook Regional Hospital inpatient Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy programming. The inpatient PT/OT teams support a variety of clinical areas including medicine, neurology, surgery, orthopedics, joint arthroplasty and critical care (ICU). The applicant must have good communication skills, be able to work independently and display exceptional time management skills.

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.

As Required.

At least one year of acute care experience supporting both physiotherapy and occupational therapy is preferred. Successful applicant will be required to participate in Connect Care training.