Your Opportunity:

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is highly independent and enjoys the versatility that working in a rural hospital provides. Occupational Therapy services at this site includes acute care (including community transition beds), long term care and community as well as access to tele-rehabilitation services (spoke site with robot and remote access from Medicine Hat therapists). Taber is a small site in the eastern half of the AHS South Zone that is supported by leadership from Medicine Hat and has access to many other Therapists through the Zone for mentorship. The town of Taber is located between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat - and only an hour from the northern USA border. If you are interested in working with a vibrant and innovative team, this may be the job for you! Also, check out the range of benefits offered to AHS employees at: www.albertahealthservices.ca/careers/Page12210.aspx And for further information re: working in the AHS South Zone, please contact: Shayne Berndt, Manager South (East) Zone Occupational Therapy: shayne.berndt@ahs.ca or call (403) 502-8276.

Description:

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.