Allied Health Graduate Student

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The Allied Health Graduate Student position provides an opportunity for Audiology, Occupational Therapy (OT), Physiotherapy (PT) or Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) students to consolidate their education and experience within a practical setting and begin to build their competence and skills across the broad range and complexity of practice within their chosen profession. The Allied Health Graduate Student is an unregulated member of the collaborative health care team who provides patient centered care with the supervision of regulated therapist within the discipline of the student. The activities performed, and level of supervision required, are determined by legislation, standards of supervision outlined by regulatory colleges, organizational policy, educational preparation, practice setting, patient complexity, level of risk involved, and competency of the student. Activities may be performed across the care continuum (acute/inpatient, outpatient and community, continuing care, mental health and addictions, etc.). Working in collaboration with the supervising therapist at the point of care, the Allied Health Graduate Student is accountable for providing safe care to patients as assigned by the supervising therapist and in accordance with their educational preparation and competency, and for seeking consultation and guidance from the supervising therapist.