Candidate will see these buttons when they apply Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Delivering occupational therapy in a clinical setting puts your expertise at the forefront of patient care during critical moments of functional transition. As an Occupational Therapist, Adult at Mount Sinai Hospital, you'll bring specialized functional expertise to one dedicated care area, developing a strong understanding of in the unique needs of that population over time. You’ll address multifaceted patient presentations, applying targeted cognitive, physical, and environmental adaptations to drive functional recovery.

This environment gives you the ideal balance of unit-level specialization, professional development, and broad clinical impact.

Occupational

Therapy in Adult Care means working with patients navigating sudden, significant change to their function, often within days of an injury, illness or surgery. This early-stage work strengthens your clinical judgment in ways that carry through the rest of your career. A creative, problem-solving mindset guides your approach when clinical needs intersect with social and financial realities.

This resourceful approach resolves multifaceted disposition barriers, ensuring every patient transitions to the next stage of their journey with a safe and achievable care plan. Priorities can shift frequently in this setting, and your ability to adapt is what keeps care moving. A hospital surge might call you to support a different clinical area, a new time-sensitive referral might land on your list, or a patient you'd planned to see may no longer be medically appropriate for therapy.

You reprioritize without losing track of what still needs to get done, helping to keep patient care steady no matter how the day shifts.



Navigating the timelines of adult care relies on your confident, structured clinical judgment. A patient recovering from surgery one day might be managing a current neurological complication the next, requiring you to translate that change into a clear plan for mobility and safety.

The Rehabilitation

Services department at Mount Sinai Hospital is an interprofessional team dedicated to optimizing functional mobility and supporting safe care transitions across acute inpatient populations. We help to restore and improve physical and mental abilities after surgery, medical treatment or over the course of an illness. Operating within a University of Toronto affiliated teaching hospital, our team combines evidence-informed practice with dedicated discipline mentorship.

Our work spans a range of clinical areas across the hospital, including the Emergency Department. Assess, planand provide therapeutic intervention for an assigned patient caseload according to Occupational Therapy scope of practice Develop appropriate documentation of Occupational Therapy activities Participatein inter-professional clinics and rounds Participate in teaching activities for Occupational Therapy students, including provision of clinical placements, laboratory teaching, and classroom teaching Participate in research activities as appropriate within the Department of Rehabilitation in collaboration with other departments/professions Currently registered and in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario Excellent occupational therapy clinical skills with a broad variety of diagnostic groups Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance record This is a Temporary contract for up to 14 months.

Job Type : Temporary Full Time Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada #

📌 Occupational Therapist, Adult (Toronto)
🏢 Sinai Health
📍 Toronto