Therapy Assistant - Recreation
Your Opportunity:
We are seeking an exceptional Recreation Therapy Assistant to work at the Fairview Health Complex in Type A (Long Term Care). A welcoming northern community that offers the perfect balance of professional fulfillment and an exceptional lifestyle. Picture yourself living in a place surrounded by rolling farmland, expansive prairie skies, and the natural beauty of the Peace Country region. Fairview provides a relaxed pace of life, and endless opportunities for year round outdoor adventure. You’ll be the driving force in guiding clinical decisions, supporting clients through meaningful interventions, and fostering strong collaboration with families, interdisciplinary team members, and community partners. You will champion creative, client-centered solutions that enhance functional independence and elevate the quality of care. If you’re passionate about making a meaningful difference and want a career where your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your impact is felt every single day, this is your chance. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. Relocation assistance may be available. This position is based in Mackenzie Place and focused on providing recreation to the residents of this facility, which is a 64 bed Type A facility. The Recreation Therapy Assistant, supervised by the Recreation Therapist, provides services in close collaboration with the rest of the Allied Health and Nursing team. This position will assist with the promotion of a comprehensive service for clients developing and implementing evidence based, client-centered practice based on therapeutic recreation standards of practice.
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.
- Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
- Classification: Therapy Assistant
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Health Complex Type A
- Primary Location: Fairview Health Complex
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 22-MAY-2026
- Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
- Date Available: 01-JUN-2026
- Temporary End Date: 04-SEP-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $27.44
- Maximum Salary: $34.39
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:Therapeutic Recreation Assistant or equivalent diploma/certification from a recognized post-secondary institution. Valid BCLS-HCP certificate required. Ability to accept verbal and written instructions and work with minimal supervision. Professional and courteous manner. Physically capable of pushing wheelchairs for an extended period of time and performing client transfers. Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
Preferred Qualifications:Preferably minimum one year experience working in a Therapeutic Recreation position with seniors and/or individuals with challenges. Preference will be given to candidates who are proficient in Connect Care or electronic charting.
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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