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Occupational Therapist - ACTT

Quinte Healthabout 7 hours ago
Belleville, Ontario
Mid Level
full_time

About the role

Required

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy and registered with the Ontario College of Occupational Therapy
  • Three (3) years recent clinical experience.
  • Knowledge of and experience in the application of principles of psychosocial rehabilitation.
  • A reliable vehicle and valid Ontario driver’s license.
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of community resources in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties
  • Must be available for on call and Outreach services as required.
  • Must have satisfactory work performance in present position.
  • Must have previous proven good attendance record.
  • Must be capable of coping with a demanding workload (physical demands analysis in job description)

Duties

  • To provide client centered treatment, rehabilitation and support to referred clients in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. Conduct comprehensive client assessments.
  • Participate in case finding activities and engaging individuals who require ACTT service
  • Develop individualized client treatment/rehabilitation plans in collaboration with the other ACTT team members and the client.
  • Provide direct assistance with symptom management, including 24 hour crisis support,
  • Provide direct assistance with instrumental functioning employment, social relations and or activities of daily living.
  • Completion and maintenance of all necessary documentation as per ACTT and professional standards.
  • Monitoring and evaluating client progress and revising treatment/rehabilitation plans as indicated.
  • Ensure continuity of client care is maintained through exchange of information and communication with the client, family, physicians, and other service providers
  • Take a lead role in ensuring vocational care plans for ACTT patients.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Our family of four hospitals play an integral role in improving lives and creating healthier communities. We work together as one team across our hospitals to provide local and regional health care services, and also work in partnership with our communities to improve access to high-quality care, close to home. We are incredibly fulfilled by the work that we do, and proud of our dynamic teams of staff, physicians and volunteers who care deeply about our patients, and each other. We don’t just serve our communities, we are part of them. We live here, raise our families here and, quite often, retire here in the community that we love. Quinte Health is always looking for compassionate, dedicated people to join our team. We have a wide range of exciting roles, some which involve working across more than one of our hospitals, and some which are situated at just one hospital.

Physical Demands Analysis Strength

  • Required Occasionally – lifting and carrying average weight 20 pounds and max 50, pushing/pulling average 10-15 pounds and max 30 pounds, patient assist approx. 100 pounds

Mobility

  • Required Constantly – standing
  • Required Frequently – walking, bending/stooping
  • Required Occasionally – sitting, twisting/turning, bending, crouching/squatting, kneeling
  • Required Rarely – balancing, climbing

Dexterity

  • Required Frequently – forward shoulder movements, gripping/grasping, pinching, neck, elbow, shoulder, wrist and back normal range of motion
  • Required Occasionally – fine finger movements, shoulder movements (up/down)
  • Required Rarely – foot action

Equal Opportunity We thank all interested candidates for their response, however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Quinte Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to meeting needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Our Recruitment process follows the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act in order to provide a fair and equitable process for all candidates. Applicants requiring accommodation through the recruitment/interview process are encouraged to contact the Human Resources Department at 613-969-7400 x2577 or

About Quinte Health

Hospitals and Health Care
1001-5000

Quinte Health provides a wide range of high quality health care services to 160,000 people living in the 7000 square kilometre region of Prince Edward and Hastings Counties and the southeast portion of Northumberland County.

Care is provided through four hospitals - Belleville General Hospital, North Hastings Hospital, Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital and Trenton Memorial Hospital - and includes four emergency departments, operating rooms at three sites, a rehabilitation day hospital, children's treatment centre, ambulatory care clinics, community mental health programs and a range of diagnostic services. There are inpatient beds for acute medical patients, intensive care, obstetrics, paediatrics, mental health, complex continuing care, rehabilitation and surgery.

Our 1700 staff members, along with 364 professional staff with privileges including doctors, nurse practitioners and mid-wives, provide primary and secondary patient care. Through partnership and innovation, the teams at the four hospitals of Quinte Health provide exceptional health care services to the residents of the area, close to home.

Our vision over the next five years is to foster healthier, more connected people and communities. We will achieve this by working even more closely between our teams, hospitals and partners to provide care as close to home as possible and to help build a stronger health care system for the future. The pandemic has reinforced the value of teamwork and collaboration, and that we are indeed stronger together. Many of the challenges facing hospitals today can only be solved in true partnership.

Our Values: Imagine it's you, Value everyone, Stronger Together, and We all make a difference.