Occupational Therapist

Homewood Health Centre; Surrey; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Homewood Health seeks an Occupational Therapist to conduct comprehensive assessments and develop individualized rehab and return-to-work plans. You will administer various assessments, interpret results, and provide interventions to improve daily functioning and vocational performance.

Collaborating with clients, families, employers, and an interdisciplinary team, you will support workplace reintegration through evidence-based practice, documentation, and therapy planning.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program.
• Current registration in good standing with the provincial OT college.
• Experience providing OT services to adults with mental health, psychological injury, rehab, disability management, or return-to-work needs.
• Strong knowledge of OT assessment frameworks, functional capacity evaluation, and vocational rehabilitation principles.
• Experience developing and implementing OT treatment, rehab, and return-to-work plans.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate both individual and group-based interventions.
• Knowledge of workplace accommodations, disability management, and workers' compensation processes.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent report writing, documentation, and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive OT assessments identifying functional, cognitive, emotional, psychosocial, and environmental factors impacting recovery and return-to-work readiness.
• Complete initial screening assessments to identify barriers affecting functioning and reintegration.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment, rehab, and return-to-work plans.
• Administer, interpret, and analyze standardized and non-standardized assessments.
• Provide individual OT interventions, counselling, coaching, and skills development.
• Facilitate group interventions and psychoeducational programs.
• Collaborate with clients, families, employers, and stakeholders for successful reintegration.
• Develop gradual return-to-work plans and provide functional capacity and accommodation recommendations.
• Participate in interdisciplinary assessments, case reviews, and discharge planning.
• Prepare timely clinical documentation including reports, plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries.
• Support daily living activities, work performance, social participation, and overall occupational functioning.

Skills

Critical thinking

Report writing

Communication

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Client-centered care

Advocacy for workplace accommodations

Education

Master's degree in Occupational Therapy

Current registration with provincial OT college

Job description

Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments to identify functional, cognitive, emotional, psychosocial, and environmental factors impacting recovery and return-to-work readiness.

Complete initial screening assessments to identify medical and non-medical barriers affecting functioning, recovery, and workplace reintegration.

Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment, rehabilitation, and return-to-work plans that support functional improvement and sustainable work outcomes.

Administer, interpret, and analyze standardized and non-standardized occupational therapy assessments, incorporating client goals and perspectives into treatment planning.

Provide individual occupational therapy interventions, counselling, coaching, and skills development to enhance daily functioning, vocational performance, and community participation.

Facilitate evidence-informed therapeutic, psychoeducational, skills-based, and activity-focused group interventions.

Collaborate with clients, families, employers, Workers\' Compensation Boards, referral sources, and other stakeholders to address return-to-work barriers and support successful workplace reintegration.

Develop gradual return-to-work plans and provide recommendations regarding functional capacity, workplace accommodations, restrictions, limitations, and prognosis.

Participate actively in interdisciplinary assessments, case reviews, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, and discharge planning.

Prepare timely, comprehensive, and high-quality clinical documentation, including assessment reports, treatment plans, progress updates, and discharge summaries.

Support clients in improving activities of daily living, work performance, social participation, and overall occupational functioning.

Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure continuity of care and positive client outcomes.

Contribute to program development, quality improvement initiatives, outcome measurement, and evidence-based practice activities.

Provide supervision, mentorship, and support to students and interns as required.

What You\'ll Be Doing

Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments to identify functional, cognitive, emotional, psychosocial, and environmental factors impacting recovery and return-to-work readiness.

Complete initial screening assessments to identify medical and non-medical barriers affecting functioning, recovery, and workplace reintegration.

Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment, rehabilitation, and return-to-work plans that support functional improvement and sustainable work outcomes.

Administer, interpret, and analyze standardized and non-standardized occupational therapy assessments, incorporating client goals and perspectives into treatment planning.

Provide individual occupational therapy interventions, counselling, coaching, and skills development to enhance daily functioning, vocational performance, and community participation.

Facilitate evidence-informed therapeutic, psychoeducational, skills-based, and activity-focused group interventions.

Collaborate with clients, families, employers, Workers\' Compensation Boards, referral sources, and other stakeholders to address return-to-work barriers and support successful workplace reintegration.

Develop gradual return-to-work plans and provide recommendations regarding functional capacity, workplace accommodations, restrictions, limitations, and prognosis.

Participate actively in interdisciplinary assessments, case reviews, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, and discharge planning.

Prepare timely, comprehensive, and high-quality clinical documentation, including assessment reports, treatment plans, progress updates, and discharge summaries.

Support clients in improving activities of daily living, work performance, social participation, and overall occupational functioning.

Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure continuity of care and positive client outcomes.

Contribute to program development, quality improvement initiatives, outcome measurement, and evidence-based practice activities.

Provide supervision, mentorship, and support to students and interns as required.

What We\'re Looking For

Master\'s degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program.

Current registration in good standing with the applicable provincial College of Occupational Therapists.

Experience providing occupational therapy services to adults with mental health, psychological injury, rehabilitation, disability management, or return-to-work needs.

Strong knowledge of occupational therapy assessment frameworks, functional capacity evaluation, and vocational rehabilitation principles.

Experience developing and implementing individualized treatment, rehabilitation, and return-to-work plans.

Demonstrated ability to facilitate both individual and group-based therapeutic interventions.

Knowledge of workplace accommodations, disability management, workers\' compensation processes, and return-to-work best practices.

Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Excellent report writing, documentation, and communication abilities.

Proven ability to build effective relationships with clients, employers, referral sources, and interdisciplinary team members.

Commitment to evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and client-centered care.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage a diverse caseload in a fast-paced environment.

Experience supporting students, interns, or professional learners is considered an asset.

Homewood Health promotes a fair and competitive compensation model. Pay rates are tailored to reflect differences in operating environments and job requirements. Compensation is influenced by many factors including compensation principles or approach for a role or job function, organizational tenure, experience, qualifications or premium skills, external competitiveness, internal comparability, geography and work performance.

Why work with us

Homewood Health is Canada’s largest and leading service provider for medically focused, evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference!

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

This job posting is for an existing vacant position within the organization. Join us at Homewood Health™ and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives.