Occupational Therapist II - Hand and Wrist Clinical Assessor

Your Opportunity:

The Edmonton Zone (EZ) Hand and Wrist Therapist plays a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care within the dynamic, fast-paced environment of the EZ Hand and Wrist Assessment Clinic at Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH). This position involves providing comprehensive assessments, consultations, and referrals for patients with hand and wrist conditions. Working as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, the therapist will closely engage with hand and wrist surgical specialists to ensure effective assessment and determine a surgical or non-surgical pathway the patient will follow. Operating under a single-provider care model, the therapist—whether an Occupational Therapist (OT) or Physical Therapist (PT)—is responsible for managing the patient’s initial assessment and referral portion of the continuum of care. This includes conducting initial assessments and extending through to referral as necessary. This approach allows the therapist to support and direct patients in their rehabilitation or surgical journey, ensuring a holistic approach to hand and wrist recovery. The role requires working in coordination with a medical lead to triage incoming referrals, assess patients, and determine the most appropriate treatment pathway—either surgical or non-surgical referral. When applicable, the therapist will ensure that patients are appropriately referred for additional hand therapy services within the community, maintaining seamless care coordination. In line with AHS’s commitment to excellence in patient care, this position offers ongoing education, mentorship, and opportunities to contribute to evidence-informed practices. Therapists are expected to integrate best practice strategies and engage in continuous professional development to support optimal patient outcomes.

Description:

As an Occupational Therapist II, you will be responsible for the coordination of occupational therapy and other allied health clinical services within a program or service area. You will provide supervision of students and team members as assigned. As an Occupational Therapist II, you will be responsible to work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team where you will be an integral member, providing leadership to other healthcare professionals. You will be making day-to-day clinical decisions on patient/family needs regarding assessment, intervention, discharge and follow-up. You will make decisions and advise team members on complex clinical cases and provide clinical leadership within the program or service area to ensure safe, efficient and effective client care. You will ensure occupational therapy practice is evidence-based and in alignment with Alberta legislation and regulations, professional standards of practice, code of ethics and AHS policy and guidelines. You will be providing coordination of the day-to-day operations of an assigned service area and monitoring care delivery, identifying service needs and assisting other medical staff with caseload management, completing chart audits and providing follow-up and feedback to staff. You will be participating in program development and operational planning and representing the department on committees or programs. You will be making decisions on staffing level requirements, workflow and caseload priorities in collaboration with managers and other healthcare providers. As assigned, you will carry out the roles of a direct clinical service provider, consultant, educator and/or advocate in your program or service area.