OTA/PTA - Brain Injury Rehab Team (BIRT) (ON, Toronto)

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital; Toronto; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A pediatric rehabilitation hospital in Ontario is seeking an Occupational Therapist Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant. This temporary full-time position involves working with clients aged 3 months to 18 years recovering from brain injuries. Key responsibilities include administering therapy programs and assisting with client mobility. Applicants must be graduates from an accredited OTA/PTA college program, with pediatric experience preferred. Competitive benefits and support for professional growth are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Professional growth support

Responsibilities

• Administers programs such as exercises, gait training, and mobility balance.
• Maintains communication with supervising PT/OT.
• Monitors any changes in treatment response.
• Assists with lifts and transfers.
• Sets up and instructs clients on equipment usage.

Skills

Paediatric experience

Ability to work in a team

Time management skills

Independence under supervision

Effective communication

Education

Graduate from an accredited OTA/PTA college program

Job description

Overview

Join us in building a world of possibility! Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital, and a top 40 Canadian research hospital. Serving over 9,000 families annually in both inpatient and outpatient programs and services, Holland Bloorview is renowned for its expertise in partnering with clients and families to provide exceptional care and is the only organization to ever achieve 100 per cent in three successive quality surveys by Accreditation Canada.

Holland Bloorview’s vision is to support the most meaningful and healthy futures for all children, youth and families. We are an academic hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. All clinical staff are expected to contribute to the academic agenda through one or more of the following activities: supervising students, teaching, academic service, scholarship and research.

Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.

The Position

We are seeking an Occupational Therapist Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant (OTA/PTA) to join the inpatient brain injury rehab team (BIRT).The brain injury rehab team serves clients aged 3 months to 18 years who require rehabilitation following an acquired brain injury.The goal of the program is to enable children and youth with brain injuries to recover as fully as possible and return to their homes, schools and communities. This is a temporary full-time position (contract ending March 31, 2026).

Key Responsibilities

• Administers programs developed by the physiotherapist/occupational therapist (PT/OT) to individual clients or groups of clients such as strengthening and ROM exercises, gait training, mobility balance and endurance enhancing exercises
• Maintains communication with supervising PT/OT
• Monitors and reports any change or adverse reaction to treatment or prescribed program plan
• Assists with lifts and transfers from wheelchairs, beds, bathtubs, toilets, etc.
• Set ups, adapts and instructs clients, families, staff and students on appropriate equipment such as wheelchairs, trikes, bikes and walking aides, etc.
• Applies and monitors splinting devices
• Assists clients in preparing for hydrotherapy sessions and administers treatment programs in hydrotherapy sessions
• Prepares, applies and monitors modalities on request: e.g. cold packs, ice packs, contrast baths, ultrasound, TENS, muscle stimulation
• On request, is responsible for equipment loaned to client, including ensuring equipment is safe, clean and in good working condition, as well as transporting equipment to clients as necessary
• Follows through with the ordering of new equipment and supplies as requested
• Cleaning treatment area and ensuring clean linens are available as needed
• Documents according to hospital and professional standards
• Document workload statistics according to the Workload Measurement of the Ministry of Health

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited OTA/PTA college program
• Paediatric experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to organize time, manage fluctuating clinical responsibilities and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to work independently under the guidance of the supervising PT/OT
• Demonstrated initiative and self direction regarding equipment maintenance, safety and cleaning
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, families and members of the interdisciplinary care team