Occupational Therapist - Community Transitions

Natural Factors; Halifax; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic healthcare team as an Occupational Therapist, where you'll provide essential care and support to clients in the community. This role involves assessing and treating clients to enhance their self-care, productivity, and leisure activities. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring optimal outcomes for clients. Enjoy a fulfilling career with a focus on community health, while benefiting from a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others in a vibrant and supportive environment.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Long-term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Qualifications

• Graduate of a C.A.O.T recognized School of Occupational Therapy.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure with the College of Occupational Therapists of Nova Scotia.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation, assessment, treatment, and follow-up for clients.
• Facilitate, restore, and maintain clients' optimal level of function.

Skills

Interpersonal Communication

Occupational Therapy

CPR Certification

BLS-C Certification

Community Experience

Language Competency (French)

Education

C.A.O.T recognized School of Occupational Therapy

Licensure with COTNS

Job description

Click here to apply as an internal applicant.

Req ID: 200088

Location: Central Zone, Joseph Howe Centre

Department: OPCZ STRAT-ALT HOUSING BRIDGE-DGH

Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% ) x 1

NSGEU Healthcare Position

Posting Closing Date: 16-May-25

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager Community Transitions, the Occupational Therapist provides consultation, assessment, treatment and follow-up of clients in the occupational performance areas of self-care, productivity and leisure for clients in the community throughout Central Zone of Nova Scotia Health. The objectives of treatment are to facilitate, restore and/or maintain clients' optimal level of function. The Occupational Therapist provides intervention to address clients' occupational performance components (physical, cognitive and/or affective). The Occupational Therapist provides education and support to clients, families and caregivers. Excellent interpersonal communication skills are required. The Occupational Therapist is a member of the Community Occupational Therapy - Physiotherapy Team and liaises with Continuing Care, multidisciplinary hospital care teams and community agencies and service providers.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Graduate of a C.A.O.T recognized School of Occupational Therapy
• Licensed or eligible for licensure with the College of Occupational Therapists of Nova Scotia (COTNS)
• Minimum 2 years' experience practicing as an Occupational Therapist
• Community experience is preferred
• Maintain current certification in CPR
• BLS-C (HCP) Certification
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Valid Nova Scotia driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle required for home/community visits
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
  
  

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent Full Time; 75 hours bi-wqeekly
• Hours of work may include days, evenings, weekends, and holidays
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

$36.58 - $47.35 hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.