Rehabilitation Assistant

Position Profile:
**Humber River Hospital. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.**

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital and we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team. At Humber River Hospital, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Hospital is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital. Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Hospital, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

**Join our team of HEART** **Rehabilitation Assistants as we work together to deliver compassionate care that is responsive to the healthcare needs of our community.**

HEART embraces the “assess and restore” philosophy and includes an inpatient and outpatient component, with a mobile team that works across both areas. The HEART service is targeted at the frail senior population to prevent/minimize functional decline and support independent living in the community.

At Humber River Hospital the HEART team plays a pivotal role delivering diagnostic, technical, supportive and therapeutic patient care.

Rehabilitation Assistants are valued members of our HEART Team.

The Rehabilitation Assistant assists in implementing the treatment plan outlined by a therapist for each assigned patient. The Rehabilitation Assistant will support Physiotherapists/ Occupational Therapists in order to optimize patient outcomes.

Are you a compassionate Rehabilitation Assistant who is focused on delivering high-quality, safe-care? If yes, we invite you to read the details below then apply.

**Reporting Relationship**: Manager, Integrated Transitions in Care
**Hourly Rate Range**: $26.66 - $31.48
**Location**: Wilson

**Employee Group**: OPSEU 590

**Position Responsibilities**:

- Assisting with patient lifting, transferring and transporting as required.
- Providing assigned, delegated treatment regime
- Assisting both Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist with patient treatment on Inpatients within the Medicine Program on active medical units.
- Occasional cross coverage within the inpatient Surgical program may be required as needed.
- Adherence to all delegated responsibilities.
- Preparing patients for treatment.
- Assisting the therapist in related duties.
- Maintaining timely charting and workload measurement.
- Monitoring and maintenance of equipment
- Other duties as assigned, including general equipment monitoring and departmental duties such as light cleaning and maintenance of equipment.
- Clinical supervision of students, including OTA/PTA students in collaboration with the PT or OT.
- Position requires regular scheduled work on weekdays, weekends and statutory holidays on a rotational basis.
- Occasional cross coverage within the medicine and surgery programs may be required at the Wilson site.
- Ability to travel from site to site may be required as needed.

**Qualifications**:

- Current experience at HRH as a Rehab Assistant or a graduate from a PTA and OTA Certificate/Diploma program from a recognized institution
- Must be able to work well under supervision and maintain the delegation of responsibilities for support personnel as mandated of the Ontario College of Physiotherapists and the Ontario College of Occupational Therapists.
- Experience in an acute hospital setting preferred.
- Experience working with an active medicine inpatient population is an asset.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills and teamwork.
- Must be capable of bending, stretching and lifting while assisting patients.
- Must be able to stand or walk for long periods of time.
- Must be organized and able to complete tasks within the allocated time frames.
- Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently.
- Availability for scheduled weekday and weekend work will be required.
- Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.

**Why Humber? Why Now?**

Humber River Hospital is on an exciting transformation journey of redefining patient care, as we leverage the most advanced technologies to enhance all aspects of delivering high-quality, safe care. We continue to build a people-centered workplace with excellent staff and physician engagement by hiring passionate