Occupational Therapy Assistant

4 weeks ago


Halifax, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:192757**
**Location**:Central** Zone,**Connections Halifax**
**Department**:MHA CZ Connections Clubhouse**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent**Hourly FT** (**100%**) x**1**
**NSGEU** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:23-Dec-24**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
Recovery and Integration (R & I) is one of the services of the Mental Health and Addictions Program. Connections Halifax is a community based program, within the Recovery and Integration portfolio. The delivery of services/supports is guided by principles of Recovery - oriented approach, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Community Development.

Connections Halifax offers an integrated network of opportunities for people living with mental illness and experiencing significant functional challenges to participate and receive needed support for successful community living. Connections Halifax offers a range of clinical and rehabilitative opportunities including, but not limited to, community outreach/housing, employment, education, treatment, wellness & health promotion, and family support & education. These opportunities are designed to connect and/ or reconnect people to their communities and enhance their sense of pride, independence, accomplishment and self-worth

Under the direction of the Health Services Manager and the supervision of an Occupational Therapist (OT), the Occupational Therapy Assistant completes therapeutic and technical support duties in the delivery of occupational therapy services to Nova Scotia Health clients both independently and collaboratively with health care team members and students. The Occupational Therapy Assistant is responsible to adhere to Nova Scotia Health Authority policies and procedures.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Graduated from a recognized community college occupational assistant program including 300 hours minimum of clinical experience
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
- WHMIS
- Experience Providing employment support and knowledge about employment cooperatives would be an asset
- Demonstrate knowledge of the uses and sources of commercially available assistive devices and equipment
- Demonstrate basic computer skills
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
- Successful external applicants are required to provide a criminal record check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to People Services before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment

**Hours**:

- Permanent Full-Time Position; 75 hours biweekly

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$24.11 - $27.40 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.



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