Grande Prairie is a growing city with over 60,000 residents and serving approximately 260,000 people in our area. Outdoor and indoor recreation opportunities are available at the numerous parks and golf courses, in addition to a state of the art recreation facility and library. The city also has a vibrant arts and culture community with an art gallery, a few museums, and live theater.
With the new Grande Prairie Regional Hospital opening, there is a variety of career options and specialization available for the career minded individual.This position will be based in the Lower Leg Assessment clinic supporting clients with edema and wounds. Possible placements/coverage in the Hand Clinic, MS Parkinsons program and general Out-patients. Our department is focused on the trained therapy assistant functioning at full scope, and with continuous development.
Our manager’s phone number is (phone hidden).Along with a variety of career development opportunities, we offer a competitive rate of pay, a Remote Retention Allowance to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. 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 productive 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. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.
Classification: Therapy Assistant Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: QEII Ambulatory Care Center Multi-Site: Not Applicable Employee Class: Regular Full Time Length of Shift in weeks: Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Off: As Per Rotation Classification: Therapy Assistant Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: QEII Ambulatory Care Center Multi-Site: Not Applicable Employee Class: Regular Full Time Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Off: As Per Rotation Required Qualifications: Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered. A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Communities.
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📌 Rehab/Therapy Assistant (Grande Prairie)
🏢 Alberta Health Services
📍 Grande Prairie
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