Rehabilitation Assistant

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time
The Opportunity

We are seeking a skilled Rehabilitation Assistant to join our team at IWK Health Centre. As a key member of our care team, you will provide client and family-centered service to children, youth, and their families. Your primary responsibilities will include participating in the overall plan of care for patients and families, providing therapy services in keeping with your training, skill, knowledge, and ability, and working collaboratively with your team to provide safe, competent, and ethical care.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participate in the overall plan of care for patients and families
  • Provide therapy services in keeping with your training, skill, knowledge, and ability
  • Work collaboratively with your team to provide safe, competent, and ethical care
  • Monitor and document patient progress during therapy sessions
  • Participate in client and team meetings, IWK Health-related activities/committees, and Rehabilitation sub-committees

Requirements:

  • Graduate from a recognized OTA and PTA College Program or completion of a recognized Community College Rehabilitation Assistant Program
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience as a Rehabilitation Assistant (OTA/PTA) required
  • Experience working with children and youth with various disabilities preferred
  • Knowledge of various health conditions and their impact on health, well-being, and quality of life required
  • Successful completion of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (BLS) Program within the last 12 months or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate

Working at IWK Health Centre:

We are a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults, and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health Centre with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other's talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq people. Working in Mi'kma'ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

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