Occupational Therapist - Clinical Resource Team (Temporary Full Time)

Trillium Health Partners • Mississauga, ON

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals, serving the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, the Reactivation care Centre (Church Site) and the new THP-UHN Reactivation Care Centre. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030, we are creating a new kind of health care - defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities. As a member of the Clinical Resource Team (CRT), the Occupational Therapist will have the opportunity to work across programs and across Trillium Health Partners sites. The CRT staff is a vital component of ensuring uninterrupted patient care delivery by providing coverage for planned absences of inpatient Occupational Therapists. This position requires an individual who is highly skilled, agile and adaptable with excellent time management and interprofessional skills. Within the CRT Operations and Practice are supported by a Manager, Educator and the Professional Practice Leader for Occupational Therapy.

Requirements

• Candidate must be a graduate of an accredited School of Occupational Therapy (Master's degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy.)
• Member in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
• Experience treating acute care Adult populations (Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Cardiac Oncology, Palliative and Geriatrics)
• Good listening, observation, organization and communication skills are essential.
• The ability to work independently, learn quickly and set priorities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with an inter-professional team
• Satisfactory attendance and performance record required

Nice To Haves

• Membership in O.S.O.T. and/or C.A.O.T. preferred

Responsibilities

• Assess patients with a holistic perspective: assess physical, psychological, perceptual, cognitive, vocational and functional status through administration of formal and informal assessments for each patient.
• Analyze findings to establish patient-centered goals, in collaboration with the patient, families, and interprofessional care team.
• Implement a patient-centered plan of care to facilitate/improve daily function
• Evaluate progress and goal attainment in the areas identified during the assessment and care planning process. Evaluate the need for supplementary assessments, referrals, equipment/adaptive devices, community services, and education.
• Participate in education and discharge planning in collaboration with their team and family to determine patients' functional status and level of independence to facilitate their safe discharge.
• Maintain assessment reports and progress notes in the patient's health record.
• Collaborate and communicate with interprofessional team and other stakeholder(s) within the circle of care.
• Assign and supervise occupational therapy related activities, as appropriate, to Occupational Therapist Assistants (OTA)
• Participate in the education of health professions students

What This Job Offers

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