Therapy Assistant

**Your Opportunity**:
**Description**:
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.
- Classification: Therapy Assistant
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Recreation Therapy - Smithfield Lodge
- Primary Location: Westlock Comm/Mental Hlth
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.83
- Posting End Date: 03-FEB-2023
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 06-FEB-2023
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 50
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $24.62
- Maximum Salary: $30.86
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

**Required Qualifications**:
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
As Required.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
Knowledge of the Westlock Community and Area an asset. Previous experience in Recreation Therapy preferred. Experience in a Long-Term Care/Lodge setting preferred.