Community Occupational Therapist
About The Position
CBI Health is Canada's leading community healthcare provider with a national network of over 2,500 healthcare staff and professionals. They focus on innovating services for better client recovery and support, prioritizing clients and utilizing a diverse healthcare team to provide data-driven solutions and improved health outcomes. The Community Rehabilitation Services team works across Ontario, treating clients with mental stress injuries and motor vehicle accident-related issues, aiming to restore pre-accident function. Within the Traumatic Psychological Injury program, Occupational Therapists work with clients like first responders, conducting in-vivo exposure therapy, behavioral activation, and trauma processing. This program utilizes innovative interventions, including virtual reality, to achieve leading mental health outcomes and allows therapists to specialize in a niche area. In the Complex Auto program, Occupational Therapists assess and treat clients with physical, cognitive, and psychosocial impairments resulting from motor vehicle accidents. This involves in-home and hospital discharge assessments, ergonomic assessments, concussion and cognitive rehabilitation, and mental health treatment, providing comprehensive care throughout the client's recovery. Therapists can choose to focus on one area or manage a mixed caseload.
Requirements
- Registration in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
- A valid driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle (travel up to 1-1.5 hours radius)
- Willingness to provide in-vivo OT treatment in a variety of settings, including client’s homes, workplaces, and/or in the community
- Passion about your profession, commitment to ongoing professional development, and dedication to providing excelled client care
- The ability to thrive in a self-directed and independent environment
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong critical thinking, decision-making, and analytic skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Empathy and an effective ability to build rapport with clients and stakeholders
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the private sector, particularly auto sector legislation and mental health, is an asset
Responsibilities
- Conduct in-vivo exposure therapy and behavioral activation.
- Facilitate trauma processing, coping, and return to function.
- Assess and treat clients presenting with various physical (musculoskeletal, orthopaedic), cognitive (TBIs, concussions) and psychosocial impairments related to motor vehicle accidents.
- Complete in-home and hospital discharge assessments.
- Perform ergonomic assessments.
- Provide concussion treatment.
- Offer cognitive rehabilitation.
- Deliver mental health treatment.
- Provide 'start to finish care' and guide clients through their recovery.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with a comprehensive benefits and rewards package
- Group health, dental and vision benefits, paid 100% by us
- EHB psychology/psychotherapy services
- EAP mental health services – Virtual and In-person professional counselling accessible 24 hours, crisis and trauma support, health and life coaching and much more!
- Paid vacation and sick days
- A paid three-month welcome period, including structured training, mentorship and job shadowing geared to your career stage
- On-going training, resources, free internal courses, as well as a yearly external education allowance of $1,000 for professional growth and development
- On-going and regular mentorship and support provided by a seasoned Occupational Therapist (in-person and/or virtual)
- Paid psychotherapy supervision that meets COTO guidelines
- Annual review of professional development goals, opportunities for career advancement, and skills development
- A collaborative team environment, including peer support groups, quarterly in-person local team socials, and annual holiday team events.
- Guaranteed paid non-billable time, including training, administrative work, and team meetings, etc.
- Excellent administrative support
- Flexible hours and autonomy of schedule, which allows for a positive work-life balance and quality of life
- Opportunities to work remotely, including virtual treatment, billing, report writing and documentation
- A signing bonus of $2,500+
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
