Build a career that changes lives by day and explore one of Canada’s greatest wilderness frontiers by night. Leave the ordinary behind and discover an Occupational Therapy career where your impact reaches the entire community of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. As an Occupational Therapist in Fort Smith, you will practice across a broad clinical spectrum, serving children, adults, and seniors facing physical, cognitive, developmental, and mental health challenges.

This is the kind of role that rewards curiosity, initiative, and clinical judgment. Imagine starting your morning helping an Elder remain independent, spending your afternoon supporting an injured worker’s return to employment, and collaborating with families, physicians, educators, and care teams to remove barriers that stand between people and the lives they want to live. Rather than working within a narrow specialty, you'll develop diverse clinical expertise while becoming a trusted healthcare resource in a close-knit northern community.

With a commute measured in minutes and access to world-class outdoor recreation at your doorstep, you'll find more time for both career growth and life beyond work.

- Salary range: $106,158 – $126,808
- Northern allowance: $7,100
- Bilingual bonus: $1,200 (if applicable)
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan,



comprehensive health and dental benefit plan.
- Paid relocation, including up to 21 days of accommodation.
- Northern tax deductions.
- Deferred Salary Leave Program.
- Up to $50k is available to support long-term education goals through career development programs.

Qualifications

- A Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university; AND
- 1 year of occupational therapy experience; 3 years considered an asset Interested in knowing more about living and working in the NWT?Visit www.PracticeNWT.ca or follow us on social media @practicenwt. Imagine starting your morning beneath a sky painted with northern light, coffee in hand as the sun rises over the roaring rapids of the river. As an Occupational Therapist in Fort Smith , no two days are quite the same. Beyond the clinic, life unfolds at a different pace. Evenings might be spent on forest trails, around a campfire with friends, or watching the northern lights dance above on your walk home.

Like Stephanie

Leblanc , many therapists find themselves drawn not only to the breadth of practice and professional growth opportunities, but also to the warmth of communities where neighbors know one another, coworkers become friends, and there is always something new to learn.

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