Therapy Assistant

**Your Opportunity**:
The Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury is a 48-bed facility that provides care for patients with acquired brain injury through an interdisciplinary approach. The Therapy Assistant program is a progressive and expanding service with a commitment to professional development and excellence. Reporting to the Unit Manager and under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, the Therapy Assistant will implement individual and group interventions related to patients rehab goals, clean and prepare treatment spaces, order supplies, organize and manage storage spaces. Some support and clerical work may be required.

**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: HJCBI - Physical Therapy
- Primary Location: Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.80
- Posting End Date: 05-SEP-2023
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 15-SEP-2023
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 8
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $25.11
- Maximum Salary: $31.48
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

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

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
You will be physically capable of carrying out duties of this position. Observation, strong communication skills, a positive attitude and the ability to work effectively in a rehabilitation setting are essential.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
Greater than three months experience working in an inpatient rehabilitation interdisciplinary team providing care for stroke and brain injured patients is desired.