Occupational Therapist

Requisition ID: 357761

Position Number: 20028292

Posting End Date: April 25, 2024

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority  

Site:  WRHA Community Health Services

Department / Unit: Priority Home Service

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MAHCP  

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 06/03/2024 - 09/08/2025

Reason for Term: Maternity Leave

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends 

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.25

Annual Base Hours: 1885

Salary: $42.855 , $43.588 , $44.506 , $45.195 , $45.336

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Position Overview

Provides quality Occupational Therapy services, consistent with discipline and professional standards including: prevention, identification, evaluation, assessment, education, use of interventions and management of occupational performance components and performance areas; education and supervision of students and professionals; consultation with and referral to other professionals; and research. Maintains professional accountability, professional judgment and reasoning with a high level of communication and collaboration.

As a team member of the Priority Home Service, the Occupational Therapist is primarily responsible for providing clinical services. The OT will: collaborate with the interprofessional hospital and community team and clients to support client’s care needs; provide direct and indirect assessment; treatment; follow-up; planning and designing services to meet occupational performance goals; provide recommendations for client, family and team; assign tasks to a Rehabilitation Assistant (RA); complete ongoing monitoring of assigned RA program(s); support healthy client lifestyles, minimize further illness and disability, and provide advocacy where indicated. The primary goal will be to enable people to participate in the activities (occupations) of everyday life by addressing physical, cognitive, emotional, social and environmental barriers that make participation difficult. The OT quality client care is supported through continuing professional development, research, quality improvement and promotion of occupational therapy.

Experience

• Minimum of two years recent and related acute or rehabilitation hospital, and/or community-based service delivery experience required within relevant professional designation.
• Recent and relevant clinical experience preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Entry-to-practice academic credential in Occupational Therapy from an accredited Canadian university program or the approved equivalent if internationally educated as determined by the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM).
• Successful completion of relevant continuing professional education in designated clinical area preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Registration is required with the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM) with the incumbent’s name entered in the practicing register or in the provisional register as an examination candidate. Where the incumbent is provisionally registered as an examination candidate, to maintain employment, he/she must pass the examination required by COTM during the next available exam offering to maintain employment with the Centre.
• Membership in the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) preferred.
• Valid driver’s license, all-purpose insurance and a vehicle required.

Qualifications and Skills

• Computer based knowledge and experience required.
• Ability to establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships.
• Must have effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other disciplines.
• Ability to perform both independently and as a team member.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Demonstrated professional judgment and initiative.
• Demonstrated effective organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Knowledge of the physiological, social, cultural and economic aspects of patient care.
• Ability to organize and complete assignments with a minimum of supervision.
• Willingness to adapt to new concepts, techniques and best practice in the academic and clinical fields of healthcare knowledge.

Physical Requirements

• Must be in good physical and mental health.
• Must demonstrate adequate strength, agility, motor coordination and dexterity for implementation of therapeutic techniques and manipulation of therapeutic activities as necessary.
• May be exposed to infectious diseases, blood and body fluids, toxic materials, noise, allergens, physical and emotional stress.
• May encounter aggressive and/or agitated clients/visitors/staff.
• May be required to work evenings and weekends.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.