Seating Technician I

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is seeking a Seating Technician I for the Alberta Children’s Hospital. This role involves collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to design and fabricate custom seating devices for children, ensuring family-centered care and exceptional service. Candidates should possess strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Benefits

Opportunities for ongoing education and skill development

Qualifications

• Minimum one year experience in seating and fabrication.
• Experience in a healthcare setting.
• Participation in Alberta Seating Education Workshop.

Responsibilities

• Design, modify, fabricate, assemble, and repair custom seating systems.
• Complete wheelchair repairs as needed.
• Support area operations and maintain equipment.

Skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Grade 12 completion

Diploma from rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program

Tools

Manual and power tools

Job description

Your Opportunity:

The Alberta Children’s Hospital is a warm and vibrant workplace, with team members, youth, families, staff, and physicians partnering together to provide service to the children and families in inpatient units and ambulatory clinics. The seating technician supports the Seating Service at Alberta Children's Hospital. The ACH Seating Service is recognized as a Level C Seating Team with Alberta Aids to Daily Living, providing services for children under 18. The seating technician works collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary health care team, utilizing the principles of family-centered care to meet the seating needs of this patient population. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the seating technician fabricates custom seating devices and components that support seating of disabled children under the direction of the clinical team. The successful candidate should demonstrate the ability to work independently and collaboratively, be highly organized, and show initiative, adaptability, and flexibility to meet varying clinical and operational needs. Effective interpersonal and communication skills are essential. The seating technician is responsible for their own work quality and maintaining acceptable standards of device fabrication. Opportunities for ongoing education and skill development are available, and you may be required to work in other settings as needed as a trained therapy assistant.

Responsibilities include:

• Designing, modifying, fabricating, assembling, and repairing custom and commercial seating systems under the direction of the seating clinical team.
• Completing equipment and wheelchair repairs as needed.
• Supporting area operations such as ordering equipment and supplies, maintaining equipment, keeping the work area clean, and completing billing paperwork.

Position Details:

• Classification: Seating Technician I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Location: Alberta Children's Hospital
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 25-JUN-2025
• Start Date: 21-JUL-2025
• Temporary End Date: 29-JUL-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Shift Pattern: Days

Qualifications:

• Completion of Grade 12 and at least one year's experience in seating and fabrication of custom seating.
• Diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program.
• Minimum one year experience in a healthcare setting.
• Specialty training in manual and power tools and carpentry.
• Participation in Alberta Seating Education Workshop as per AADL guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong organization and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team.
• Understanding of Family Centered Care principles.
• Level C - custom seating technician certification.
• Connect Care training.
• Minimum two years of pediatric experience.