Therapy Assistant

The successful applicant will support Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services at the Chinook Regional Hospital. While Therapy Assistants are utilized in all Allied Health programs, ambulatory outpatient PT, community OT/PT and acute care, this position will support primarily acute care. The applicant must have good communication skills, be able to work both independently and collaboratively with the health care team and display good time management skills. Training in use of electronic documentation platform (ConnectCare) will be a requirement of all new AHS staff.

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.

Previous experience in acute care working with physiotherapy and occupational therapy programs is an asset.