Therapy Assistant

🔍 Calgary Zone, Calgary, Sunridge Medical Gallery

📁: Physical Therapy

📅   : ALB00469172 Requisition #

📅   : Dec 07, 2024 Post Date

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Recovery Alberta: N

Classification: Therapy Assistant

Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program: Home Care Seniors Central, In Home Restorative Care, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Allied Health

Primary Location: Sunridge Medical Gallery

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.00

Posting End Date: 16-DEC-2024

Employee Class: Casual/Relief

Date Available: 26-DEC-2024

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: Varies

Shifts per cycle: Varies

Shift Pattern: Days

Days Off: Other

Minimum Salary: $25.11

Maximum Salary: $31.48

Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Registered with the Therapy Assistant Association of Alberta. Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) from Heart and Stroke Foundation, current within the last 12 months. Minimum of two years relevant experience in a rehabilitation setting. Physically able to perform all duties. There is also an expectation to be a mobile worker. This role requires travel within the city of Calgary including caring for clients in their homes or in the community. You will be responsible to operate a laptop computer and mobile phone, and for manual handling (lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling) as a regular part of the job. For example: lifting of approximately 30 pounds in and out of a vehicle on a regular basis and carrying this weight up and down stairs throughout the day is common within this job. Learning resources and training are provided to safely perform work. Must have 1-2 years recent Home Care or Community experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Intermediate computer skills. Recent experience in a community setting, Home Care experience preferred. Displays professionalism, strong ethics, and problem solving to work effectively with internal and external members of the interdisciplinary team for patient-centered care. Strong organization, leadership and time management skills. Ability to take direction from multiple sources, set priorities and organize work assignments.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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