Occupational Therapist

4 weeks ago


Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health Full time
The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Occupational Therapist to join our team in providing occupational therapy services to clients referred through our Community Mental Health clinics. The successful candidate will work with children, youth, and families with acute mental health problems as part of an inter-disciplinary team to assess and direct program components aimed at assisting clients to achieve health and quality of life through participation in a balance of meaningful occupations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct, interpret, and utilize standardized assessments of occupational function
  • Use functional assessments to establish occupational identities and roles
  • Assist clients with occupational choices
  • Contribute to remediating the impairments associated with illness
  • Assess for and recommend assistive technology as appropriate to enhance occupational performance
  • Provide individual and/or group intervention on a direct, consultative, or monitoring basis
  • Provide input into discharge and/or follow-up planning and initiate referrals to other care providers
  • Attend and participate in services, clinical rounds, clinics, and client conferences
  • Carry out home and school visits where feasible
Requirements
  • Graduate of a World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT) approved Occupational Therapy Program
  • Registered or eligible to be registered with the College of Occupational Therapists of Nova Scotia (COTNS)
  • Membership with the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
  • Minimum two (2) year experience as an Occupational Therapist with child and adolescents
  • Experience working in a mental health setting strongly preferred
  • Experience working with children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Mood and Anxiety Disorders preferred
  • Experience assessing motor skills and sensory processing issues in children
  • Experience in delivering evidence-based group treatment
  • Demonstrated ability to work both as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and independently in a family-centered atmosphere
  • Demonstrated ability to network with and/or familiarity of community agencies servicing a similar population
  • Demonstrated knowledge of mental health disorders and treatment modalities
  • Demonstrated excellent communication, organizational, problem-solving, and administrative skills
  • Competency in other languages an asset

We welcome applications from individuals who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to support our goal of having a workforce representative of the patients, families, and communities we care for at all job levels.



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