Community Occupational Therapist, Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) – Burnaby / New Westminster, MHSU

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of nearly 45,000 medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

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Abiding by Fraser Health Policies and Procedures impacting rehabilitation and recovery services, and as a member of the interdisciplinary team, provides direct and indirect specialized occupational therapy services to clients of their area of practice using recognized occupational therapy tools and techniques. Services include client assessment, planning, group and individual interventions, and transition planning; consultation with and education for other professionals, contracted agencies and natural supports; and support services for clients and natural supports. The Occupational Therapist engages with individual clients and support systems as full collaborators in service planning, delivery, and evaluation; develops partnerships with community agencies to encourage client participation; focuses on occupational performance (person-occupation-environment) from a psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) perspective for Mental Health & Substance Use program clients; provides input into the evaluation of process and outcomes to ensure quality of services; participates in joint planning with team members for overall service delivery to clients, and works collaboratively with MHSU staff, agencies, and community service providers. This position may be required to work in different settings such as at more than one location within an assigned geographical area, or within a virtual/remote service delivery environment.

Education and Experience
Current full registration with the College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia (COTBC). Two (2) years' recent related experience working in a community mental health and/or substance use setting, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Valid B.C. Class V Driver's License and access to a personal vehicle for business purposes.

Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of current psychiatric rehabilitation, psychosocial approaches, and recovery practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the major categories of mental illness and substance use and their appropriate rehabilitation treatments.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Demonstrated ability to use activity analysis to assess occupational performance and modify the activity, environment, or supports to enable occupation.
• Ability to utilize outcome measurement tools.
• Demonstrated leadership and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment such as computers including applicable software applications including within the context of remote/virtual delivery of care.
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a community team setting, as well as independently.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with clients, families and other members of the health care team and community agencies.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work.
• Ability to problem-solve and exercise sound clinical reasoning.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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