Occupational Therapist I

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Alberta Health Services as an Occupational Therapist I at the Peter Lougheed Centre in N.E. Calgary. This entry-level role involves evidence-informed patient care, collaboration with healthcare teams, and engagement with diverse communities. Ideal candidates will possess strong interpersonal skills and a recent degree in Occupational Therapy. Opportunities for professional growth and quality improvement are integral to this position.

Qualifications

• BCLS-HCP certification required.
• Experience in acute care settings within the last 3 years.
• Experience with diverse communities encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-informed services as an Occupational Therapist.
• Engage clients in self-care and rehabilitation activities.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for patient-centered care.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

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Located in N.E. Calgary, the Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is a large acute care hospital with over 600 inpatient beds across Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics, Women’s Health, and Critical Care units. It serves as the Vascular Centre for Southern Alberta, Southwestern Saskatchewan, and Southeastern British Columbia, offering both inpatient and outpatient services. The Allied Health Department at PLC includes Rehabilitation, Social Work, and Spiritual Care professionals who are essential members of the interdisciplinary team. These staff provide patient- and family-centered care throughout the hospital. Under the general supervision of the Clinical Leader and Allied Health management, the successful candidate will gain experience in assessment, treatment, education, and management of patients in diverse areas, including general medicine, orthopedic and general surgery, intensive care, vascular surgery (including amputee rehab), and the emergency department as needed. The Occupational Therapist I will maintain an evidence-based practice aligned with professional standards. Caseloads will vary to meet operational needs, with potential support across any unit to ensure balanced workload distribution within the team. This physically demanding position requires frequent lifting and transferring of patients and/or equipment. Success in this role requires a strong commitment to inclusive, patient- and family-centered care, recognizing and supporting the diverse needs of populations served, including ethno-cultural, equity-seeking, racialized, faith-based, LGBTQ2S+, vulnerable, marginalized individuals, persons with disabilities, and all age groups.

Description:

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.

Acute Care Alberta: N Primary Care Alberta: N Recovery Alberta: N Classification: Occupational Therapist I Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Allied Health Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 10-JUN-2025 Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time Date Available: 23-JUN-2025 Temporary End Date: 23-SEP-2025 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 8 Shifts per cycle: 40 Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $38.90 Maximum Salary: $51.80 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program. Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Experience working in an acute care setting within the last 3 years. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with members of the interdisciplinary team, patients and families in a dynamic health care setting. Demonstrated problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize workload to keep pace in a busy multi-disciplinary patient care. Demonstrates behaviours consistent with the values of AHS – Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety. Job demands: A high level of physical effort is required related to clinical caseload. Includes maintaining a standing position, perform up to a medium level of work (20-50lbs handled occasionally) including bending and/or rotation related to client transfers or therapeutic intervention. Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working in a large urban acute care setting within the last 3 years. Experience in the following acute care areas preferred: Orthopedics, General Medicine, and Critical Care. Previous training in Connect Care an asset. Understanding of trauma informed care principles. Experience working with diverse communities, groups and/or organizations (i.e. ethno-cultural, equity-setting, racialized, faith-based, LGBTQ2S+, vulnerable, marginalized, persons with disabilities, etc.).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

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Job function

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  Health Care Provider

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  Hospitals and Health Care

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