Staff Therapist - Ot

Requisition ID: 342590

Position Number: 20068412

Posting End Date: August 15, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: St. Boniface Hospital

Department / Unit: Occupational Therapy - SBH

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MAHCP-Prof/Tech

Anticipated Start - End Date: ASAP - 10/20/2023

Reason for Term: Maternity Leave

FTE: 0.70

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 7.50

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Salary: $34.448 , $35.480 , $36.546 , $37.642 , $38.769 , $39.931

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Position Overview

The Occupational Therapist collaborates with clients through assessment, interventions, follow-up, planning and designing of services to meet occupational performance goals, support healthy lifestyles, prevent illness and disability and promote health. Quality client care is supported through continuing professional development, research, quality improvement and promotion of occupational therapy.

Experience

• Recent and relevant clinical experience preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Entry-to-practice academic credential in Occupational Therapy from an accredited Canadian university program or the approved equivalent if internationally educated as determined by the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM).
• Successful completion of relevant continuing professional education in designated clinical area preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Membership in the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) preferred.
• Registration is required with the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM) with the incumbent’s name entered in the practicing register or in the provisional register as an examination candidate. Where the incumbent is provisionally registered as an examination candidate, to maintain employment, he/she must pass the examination required by COTM during the next available exam offering to maintain employment with the Centre.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the WRHA policy.

Qualifications And Skills

• Ability to work cooperatively with other disciplines.
• Willingness to adapt to new concepts, techniques and best practice in the academic and clinical fields of healthcare knowledge.
• Computer literacy as appropriate to the setting.
• Demonstrated effective organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice.
• Must have effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of the physiological, social, cultural and economic aspects of patient care.
• Demonstrated professional judgment and initiative.
• Ability to establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to organize and complete assignments with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to perform both independently and as a team member.

If there are no applicants meeting the qualifications, the employer may consider an applicant who does not meet the above qualifications. Applicants are required to submit a letter of application including a current resume.

St. Boniface Hospital is committed to empowering a workforce that welcomes and celebrates diversity by fostering culturally safe places for all employees. We strive to celebrate our diverse workforce and the outstanding work we do every day.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective bargaining agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.