Your Opportunity:
AHS is dedicated to Enhancing Care in the Community, helping people be healthy, well and independent in their homes and communities. For more information https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/cc/Page15339.aspx . Edmonton Zone Continuing Care provides services through five main program areas: Home Living, Supportive Living, Facility Living, Transition Services and Palliative Care. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our Community Aides to Independent Living (CAIL) team to provide professional support services specifically related to AADL authorizations within our clinics and in the homes of our adult clients. This position works within a collaborative multidisciplinary team consisting of healthcare professionals from the nursing and allied health professions. Individuals conduct home or site visits and participate in onsite walker/CLLA clinics which deliver client-centered services to maintain independence, while supporting access of equipment, other mobility or assistive devices approved through the AADL program. Using strong assessment and organizational skills, you will identify needs of the client and determine the appropriate AADL resources required or alternative solutions. Through the development of a Care Plan in collaboration with the client, you will ensure CAIL services are identified and resolved based on their identified need(s).
Description:

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.

• Classification: Occupational Therapist I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Shared Services
• Primary Location: Edmonton General Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

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