Therapy Assistant

This Therapy Assistant position is a permanent part-time position based out of Del Air Lodge in Manning, AB. This is a dual support role position, where you will be working under the supervision of a Recreation Therapist and Occupational Therapist. This position is an opportunity to work in Continuing Care and be a member of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team. This role provides direct Occupational Therapy and Recreation Therapy programming and patient support for residents of Del Air Lodge. The town of Manning is located on the banks of the beautiful Notikewin River in northern Alberta and is known as the Land of the Mighty Moose. Manning is a service center for the local agriculture, forestry and gas industries. Pleasant summer days and midnight sunsets make living in Northern Alberta a truly unforgettable experience. If you welcome a different pace of life and look for the chance to use the full scope of your clinical practice, Manning could be the place for you. 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.

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.

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