Therapy Assistant - Supportive Living - Jobs in Zone, ON

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Your Opportunity:Drayton Valley is a vibrant town in Central Alberta, situated between the North Saskatchewan and Pembina Rivers of the Brazeau County. The area is known for its vast oil fields and beautify wilderness areas and boasts many services and recreation opportunities. Enjoy ice hockey, ringette, curling, soccer, baseball and rodeos at the Drayton Valley Omni plex Sports Centre. A public swimming pool, a ski hill, a bowling alley, and the Drayton Valley Golf and Country Club are just some of the available recreation opportunities. With a population of just over 7000 people, Drayton Valley is a 133 km drive from the nearest large urban centre (Edmonton). As a Therapy Assistant you will perform safe and effective patient treatment activities for residents in a new 50 bed Supportive Living facility under the direction of the Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, and Speech Language Pathologist. You will be involved in assisting in various interventions including strengthening and mobility programs, provision of mobility aids, ADL training, therapeutic transfers, equipment maintenance and inspection. Other duties include equipment ordering and provision, inventory cleaning and maintenance, ordering supplies, and preparing treatment areas.Description: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.Classification: Therapy AssistantUnion: HSAA Facility PROF/TECHDepartment: Occupational Therapy HCPrimary Location: Drayton Valley Com/Mental HlthMulti-Site: Not ApplicableFTE: 0.50Posting End Date: 04-JUN-2021Employee Class: Regular Part TimeDate Available: 01-JUL-2021Hours per Shift: 7.75Length of Shift in weeks: 2Shifts per cycle: 5Shift Pattern: DaysDays Off: Saturday/SundayMinimum Salary: $24.08Maximum Salary: $30.18Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle RequiredRequired Qualifications:Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.Additional Required Qualifications:Diploma from an approved post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program that includes Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. Equivalent related training may be considered. Heart & Stroke: Basic Cardiac Life Support. Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP).Preferred Qualifications:Please note, this facility provides Long Term Care (LTC) or Designated Supportive Living (DSL) services and by Order of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, many AHS employees are restricted to work only at a single LTC/DSL site for the remainder of the pandemic. Speak to the hiring manager who will confirm if, as the successful candidate in this position, you will be restricted to work at only one LTC/DLS site in Alberta.