Therapy Assistant

Thirty minutes outside of Grande Prairie lies the idyllic town of Beaverlodge. With approximately 5000 residents, it is a busy clinical site due to support provided to a larger geographic area. These are boasts an indoor swimming pool and various other historic sites. It is approximately 30 minutes from Grande Prairie with a variety of outdoor and indoor recreation opportunities and a multitude of dining and shopping opportunities. With the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital opening, there is a variety of career options and specialization available for the career-minded individual. Your opportunity is in a multi-disciplinary acute care setting, long-term care and home care. Working closely with the occupational therapist, physicians, nursing team and physiotherapist to implement seamless care plans across the continuum of care. Our department is focused on the trained therapy assistant functioning at full scope, and with continuous development. We would love the opportunity to speak with you to share the opportunities and discuss your areas of interest. Our manager’s phone number is 780 538 7360. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. This position could potentially qualify as a difficult to recruit position and as such for the Rural Capacity Investment Fund (RCIF) recruitment incentive. Please reach out to our manager Leana de Jager at leana.dejager@ahs.ca if you would like further information.

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.

As required.