Occupational Therapist

Homewood Health Centre • Surrey, BC

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About The Position

Homewood Health is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join their team. This role involves conducting comprehensive occupational therapy assessments, developing and implementing individualized treatment plans, and collaborating with various stakeholders to support client recovery and return-to-work readiness. The position requires a Master's degree in Occupational Therapy and current registration with the provincial College of Occupational Therapists. The ideal candidate will have experience working with adults with mental health, psychological injury, rehabilitation, disability management, or return-to-work needs, and possess strong knowledge of occupational therapy assessment frameworks and vocational rehabilitation principles.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program.
• Current registration in good standing with the applicable provincial College of Occupational Therapists.
• Experience providing occupational therapy services to adults with mental health, psychological injury, rehabilitation, disability management, or return-to-work needs.
• Strong knowledge of occupational therapy assessment frameworks, functional capacity evaluation, and vocational rehabilitation principles.
• Experience developing and implementing individualized treatment, rehabilitation, and return-to-work plans.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate both individual and group-based therapeutic interventions.
• Knowledge of workplace accommodations, disability management, workers' compensation processes, and return-to-work best practices.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent report writing, documentation, and communication abilities.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with clients, employers, referral sources, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and client-centered care.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage a diverse caseload in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting students, interns, or professional learners is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy assessments to identify functional, cognitive, emotional, psychosocial, and environmental factors impacting recovery and return-to-work readiness.
• Complete initial screening assessments to identify medical and non-medical barriers affecting functioning, recovery, and workplace reintegration.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment, rehabilitation, and return-to-work plans that support functional improvement and sustainable work outcomes.
• Administer, interpret, and analyze standardized and non-standardized occupational therapy assessments, incorporating client goals and perspectives into treatment planning.
• Provide individual occupational therapy interventions, counselling, coaching, and skills development to enhance daily functioning, vocational performance, and community participation.
• Facilitate evidence-informed therapeutic, psychoeducational, skills-based, and activity-focused group interventions.
• Collaborate with clients, families, employers, Workers' Compensation Boards, referral sources, and other stakeholders to address return-to-work barriers and support successful workplace reintegration.
• Develop gradual return-to-work plans and provide recommendations regarding functional capacity, workplace accommodations, restrictions, limitations, and prognosis.
• Participate actively in interdisciplinary assessments, case reviews, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, and discharge planning.
• Prepare timely, comprehensive, and high-quality clinical documentation, including assessment reports, treatment plans, progress updates, and discharge summaries.
• Support clients in improving activities of daily living, work performance, social participation, and overall occupational functioning.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure continuity of care and positive client outcomes.
• Contribute to program development, quality improvement initiatives, outcome measurement, and evidence-based practice activities.
• Provide supervision, mentorship, and support to students and interns as required.

Benefits

• Fair and competitive compensation model tailored to reflect differences in operating environments and job requirements.
• Compensation influenced by factors including compensation principles or approach for a role or job function, organizational tenure, experience, qualifications or premium skills, external competitiveness, internal comparability, geography and work performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level