Occupational Therapist Degree

Position #: 155091

Expected Start Date: November 12, 2024

Union: HSAS

Facility: Swift Current Community Services

City/Town: Swift Current

Department: Physiotherapy

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: April 16, 2025

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: 14 shifts of 8 hours per 3 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Occupational Therapist - Degree $38.247 to $46.770

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: The occupational therapist is responsible for a clinical caseload and provides direct care to clients. The occupational therapist is required to provide appropriate assessment and treatment interventions to clients referred to the occupational therapy service, and is responsible for the ongoing monitoring of prescribed interventions with appropriate adjustment or discontinuation of service based on outcome measurement.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Licenses

• Valid Class 5 driver's license

Other Education and Training

• Basic Life Support Certificate (BLS)

Competencies

• Basic - Capability to engage others: Communicate effectively
• Basic - Communication skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to assist clients dealing with stress, role loss, and other psych issues
• Requires concentration and attention for resident/patient assessment 
• Ability to adapt to changing conditions
• Ability to plan, organize/coordinate efforts with other team members
• Requires concentration and attention for treatment, teaching and report writing
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

Other Information

• For more information on the city of Swift Current please visit http://www.swiftcurrent.ca/
• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists
• Registered/eligible with Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy (CAOT)
• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement