Therapy Assistant

Your Opportunity:

This Therapy Assistant position reports to a Unit Manager within the Adult Inpatient Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental health and Brain Injury. CCMHBI is a campus of specialists and health professionals that are committed to integrated, multi-disciplinary care and treatment to ensure the best outcomes for patients and their families. This Therapy Assistant position requires a highly motivated individual that is keenly interested in working with patients within an acute psychiatric setting. You will support individuals experiencing acute mental health crisis and addiction challenges on designated units under the Mental Health Act. You will work as a member of an interdisciplinary team using a client-centered approach, providing functional services, and educating patients You will work closely and collaboratively with a team of Recreation Therapists and Therapy Assistants, and you may also work with Occupational Therapists. This position may be eligible for recruitment incentive funding through RCIF. Refer to website for more information. www.rcif-hsaa.ca

Description:

As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.