Staff Therapist - OT

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 46,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) invites applications for an Occupational Therapist at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg. The role involves collaboration with clients through assessment, intervention, and planning to meet occupational performance goals.

The position emphasizes promoting healthy lifestyles, professional development, and adherence to Manitoba practice standards. Day shifts, in-person work, 0.80 FTE, with CPR and background checks as part of employment, within the SBH

Qualifications

• Entry-to-practice credential in Occupational Therapy from an accredited Canadian university program.
• CPR training per employer policy.
• MSOT and CAOT membership preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients through assessment, interventions, planning and follow-up to meet occupational performance goals.
• Promote healthy lifestyles and support quality client care through ongoing professional development.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Professional judgment

Critical thinking

Clinical reasoning

Evidence-based practice

Independent work

Patient care knowledge

Computer literacy

Education

OT credential (Canada)

Continued education in clinical area (preferred)

Job description

Requisition ID: 412033

Position Number: 20067621

Posting End Date: October 12, 2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: St. Boniface Hospital

Site: St. Boniface Hospital

Department / Unit: Occupational Therapy - SBH

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MAHCP

Anticipated Start Date: 10/10/2026

FTE: 0.80

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.50

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Salary: $46.459, $47.850, $49.289, $50.767, $52.287, $53.853

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

The Occupational Therapist collaborates with clients through assessment, interventions, follow-up, planning and designing of services to meet occupational performance goals, support healthy lifestyles, prevent illness and disability and promote health. Quality client care is supported through continuing professional development, research, quality improvement and promotion of occupational therapy.

Experience

• Recent and relevant clinical experience preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Entry-to-practice academic credential in Occupational Therapy from an accredited Canadian university program or the approved equivalent if internationally educated as determined by the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM).
• Successful completion of relevant continuing professional education in designated clinical area preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Registration is required with the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM) with the incumbent’s name entered in the practicing register or in the provisional register as an examination candidate. Where the incumbent is provisionally registered as an examination candidate, to maintain employment, he/she must pass the examination required by COTM during the next available exam offering to maintain employment with the Centre.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.
• Membership in the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) preferred.

Qualifications And Skills

• Ability to establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships.
• Must have effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other disciplines.
• Demonstrated professional judgment and initiative.
• Demonstrated effective organizational, interpersonal, critical-thinking, clinical reasoning, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Ability to perform both independently and as a team member.
• Knowledge of the physiological, social, cultural and economic aspects of patient care.
• Ability to organize and complete assignments with a minimum of supervision.
• Willingness to adapt to new concepts, techniques and best practice in the academic and clinical fields of healthcare knowledge.
• Computer literacy as appropriate to the setting.

If there are no applicants meeting the qualifications, the employer may consider an applicant who does not meet the above qualifications. Applicants are required to submit a letter of application including a current resume.

Physical Requirements

Not Applicable

St. Boniface Hospital is committed to empowering a workforce that welcomes and celebrates diversity by fostering culturally safe places for all employees. We strive to celebrate our diverse workforce and the outstanding work we do every day.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.