Occupational Therapist, Adult

Sinai Health; Toronto; Vor Ort; CAD 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto seeks an Occupational Therapist, Adult, to apply cognitive, physical, and environmental adaptations for patients in acute care. You will work within Rehabilitation Services, partnering with an inter-professional team to support discharge planning and functional recovery.

The role emphasizes teaching, student placements, program development, and research involvement, with a 33.75-hour work week on a temporary contract.

Qualifikationen

• Currently registered with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.
• Experience with MOCA or MMSE cognitive assessments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and OT clinical skills.
• Strong collaboration with inter-professional teams.

Aufgaben

• Assess, plan and provide therapy for an assigned patient caseload.
• Develop documentation of OT activities.
• Record workload measurement.
• Participate in inter-professional clinics and rounds.
• Facilitate therapy groups.
• Develop and evaluate programs.
• Participate in teaching OT students and clinical placements.
• Contribute to teaching students from other disciplines.
• Support development of student programs.
• Provide in-service education to colleagues.
• Participate in research activities with the Department of Rehabilitation.
• Create custom pressure relief cushions and custom thermoplastic splinting.
• Perform other duties aligned with the job classification.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

OT clinical skills

Collaboration

Jobbeschreibung

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Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job Description

Delivering occupational therapy in a clinical setting puts your expertise at the forefront of patient care during critical moments of functional transition. As an Occupational Therapist, Adult at Mount Sinai Hospital, you'll bring specialized functional expertise to one dedicated care area, developing a strong understanding of in the unique needs of that population over time. You’ll address multifaceted patient presentations, applying targeted cognitive, physical, and environmental adaptations to drive functional recovery. Daily engagement with multidisciplinary colleagues and same-discipline peers creates a collaborative ecosystem where complex cases are solved together. This environment gives you the ideal balance of unit-level specialization, professional development, and broad clinical impact.

Occupational Therapy in Adult Care means working with patients navigating sudden, significant change to their function, often within days of an injury, illness or surgery. The pace of an acute setting sharpens your ability to complete timely cognitive and functional assessments while translating them into practical recommendations that shape a patient's discharge plan. This early-stage work strengthens your clinical judgment in ways that carry through the rest of your career.

Is this you?

A creative, problem-solving mindset guides your approach when clinical needs intersect with social and financial realities. Applying solution focused thinking allows you to navigate layered background factors, from home environment constraints to financial limitations. By pairing clinical observation with practical equipment selection, you design achievable disposition plans for unique patient scenarios. This resourceful approach resolves multifaceted disposition barriers, ensuring every patient transitions to the next stage of their journey with a safe and achievable care plan.

Priorities can shift frequently in this setting, and your ability to adapt is what keeps care moving. A hospital surge might call you to support a different clinical area, a new time-sensitive referral might land on your list, or a patient you'd planned to see may no longer be medically appropriate for therapy. You reprioritize without losing track of what still needs to get done, helping to keep patient care steady no matter how the day shifts.

Navigating the timelines of adult care relies on your confident, structured clinical judgment. A patient recovering from surgery one day might be managing a new neurological complication the next, requiring you to translate that change into a clear plan for mobility and safety. Your instinct for quick, well-supported decision-making will sharpen with every case, enhancing your clinical confidence.

About this team:

The Rehabilitation Services department at Mount Sinai Hospital is an interprofessional team dedicated to optimizing functional mobility and supporting safe care transitions across acute inpatient populations. We help to restore and improve physical and mental abilities after surgery, medical treatment or over the course of an illness. Operating within a University of Toronto affiliated teaching hospital, our team combines evidence-informed practice with dedicated discipline mentorship. Our work spans a range of clinical areas across the hospital, including the Emergency Department.

In this role you will:

• Assess, planand provide therapeutic intervention for an assigned patient caseload according to Occupational Therapy scope of practice
• Develop appropriate documentation of Occupational Therapy activities
• Record workload measurement
• Participatein inter-professional clinics and rounds
• Facilitatetherapy groups
• Developand evaluate programs
• Participate in teaching activities for Occupational Therapy students, including provision of clinical placements, laboratory teaching, and classroom teaching
• Participate in teaching students from other disciplines
• Participate in development of student programs
• Provide in-service education as appropriate to colleagues
• Participate in research activities as appropriate within the Department of Rehabilitation in collaboration with other departments/professions
• Create custom pressure relief cushions and custom thermoplastic splinting
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required

Job Requirements:

Mandatory

• Currently registered and in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario

Preferred

• Experience with administering cognitive assessments (MOCA, MMSE)

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent occupational therapy clinical skills with a broad variety of diagnostic groups
• Demonstrated excellent skills in collaboration with inter-professional team
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance record

This is a Temporary contract for up to 14 months.

Job Type : Temporary Full Time

Hours (subject to change) : 33.75 hours per week

Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada