Occupational Therapy Attendant

**About Bethany**

Bethany Care Society (Bethany) is one of Western Canada’s largest not-for-profit providers of care, housing, and community services for seniors and adults with disabilities. Since 1945, Bethany has provided high-quality, person-centred care focused on the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of our residents and tenants. We create caring communities to support Albertans to age well.

**Why Bethany?**

We offer generous vacation and leave time, competitive salaries, benefits, retirement savings programs and top-ups for maternal leaves. We are committed to employee well-being and giving back to our community. We invest in our people because they are the reason for our success.

For more information, check out this video about **Working at Bethany**.

**About Riverview**:
Bethany Riverview is a purpose-built, 210 bed seniors’ residence designed for complex dementia care and support. Bethany Riverview features an indoor atrium, supportive technologies including Momentum resident safety system, integrated electronic health record, and an on-site daycare and bistro, all contained within a beautiful, state of the art facility.

Bethany Riverview is more than a building. It is a place for caring and connection for seniors, families, friends, volunteers and employees. Our employees adhere to a philosophy of care which celebrates aging in a dementia friendly environment absent of uniforms in which everyone participates equally in daily activities, including mealtimes and therapy. Our employees are committed to providing innovative, empathetic care to our residents in a joyful environment where residents and their families interact freely with employees, visitors and the environment.

**About the Role**:
At Bethany, a career as an Occupational Therapy Attendant - Long Term Care, is both personally and professionally challenging and rewarding. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will provide compassionate and client-focused quality care to individuals in a beautiful homelike setting. You are focused on the resident experience, not task completion. You assist wherever you are needed - at mealtimes, participating in therapies, or helping your colleagues.

**What You Will Do**:
The Occupational Therapy Attendant - Long Term Care, is accountable for providing opportunities for the residents to realize their maximum potential. The Occupational Therapy Assistant provides services responsive to the holistic needs of the residents and promotes choice while maintaining dignity and facilitating independence.

Individual responsibilities will fall under five main areas of focus:

- ** Resident Centered Care** - Promotes service excellence through active participation with the Interdisciplinary Team to achieve and maintain quality resident care within the scope of Occupational/Recreation Therapy as directed by the Therapist.
- ** Documentation** - Accurate, comprehensive and timely documentation of resident care interventions and outcomes in alignment with Bethany policies and procedures.
- ** Safety** - Contributes to a safe environment for residents, team and self by understanding and adhering to safety guidelines and practices at all times.
- ** Active Learning** - Demonstrates the vision and values of Bethany and lives out the mission of Creating Caring Communities.
- ** Team Work** - Cares for and actively participates and assists the Interdisciplinary Team to achieve and maintain a responsible atmosphere of resident centered care.

**What You Bring**:

- Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent.
- Rehabilitation Assistant Diploma or equivalent.
- One year Occupational/Recreation experience in a Therapy setting.
- A working knowledge of a variety of Occupational/Recreation program modalities required.
- Able to work effectively in a physically and mentally demanding environment.
- Demonstrate ability to understand, speak, read and write effectively in English.
- Excellent observation, communication and problem solving skills.
- Must be able to operate simple tools to maintain or fix equipment.

**Position Information**:
- Posting Number: 25-9289
- Position Number: OTA-RV22-003
- Location: Bethany Riverview
- Classification: OTA
- FTE: 0.50
- Non-union
- Department: CDC
- Position Type: Part-time permanent
- Shift and Hours of work: Days
- Shift per Cycle:16 shifts in 4-week cycle
- Position Start Date: Pending Application
- Posting End Date: Once filled

How to Apply:
Like what you see and think you have what it takes to join our team?

**All applicants are thanked for their interest. Only those selected to move forward will be contacted.**

Bethany Care Society is an equal opportunity employer.

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