OTA/PTA -M Sr Health Occ Ther
About the role
Position: Physiotherapist - 3C Seniors Care
File#: 3051
Status: Permanent Full-Time (xl)
Role Level: Allied Health (AH06.1 $35.19- $39.50)
Department: Seniors' Services
Location: Mississauga Hospital
Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 8 hours, could involve weekends
Posted: May 28, 2025
Internal Deadline: June 04, 2025
Position Summary:
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is excited to hire for our 26 bed Geriatric Unit at our Mississauga Hospital location and is recruiting an individual who is highly skilled, agile and adaptable with advanced critical thinking and inter-professional skills. As a member of the Geriatric Medicine Inter-professional team you will have the opportunity to provide patient-centred care to the frail older adult with the goal to prevent cognitive and functional decline during admission and participate in plans for same discharge home.
This role will report to the Clinical Manager of Seniors' Services.
Key Qualifications:
- Diploma from a recognized two year OTA/PTA Program
- Experience with in-patient rehabilitation is an asset
- Current BCLS and evidence of continuing education is required
- Reliable, flexible, creative, self-directed professional with strong observation skills
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members
- Confident, overseeing exercise and functional activity
- Exercises good judgment, critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
- A positive attendance record is essential
Position Summary:
- As an active member of a multidisciplinary team, the dual trained OTA/PTA provides client-centered clinical care for assigned patients under the direction and supervision of a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist.
- Provides goal-oriented treatment interventions, patient/family education and support to address physical, emotional and self-care needs as assigned
- Provides timely and astute information to relevant team members about patient’s performance
- The ability to perform as a coach/mentor and to use sound critical thinking skills is key to achieving patient outcomes and to facilitating team function
- Participates in program planning, continuous quality improvement and evaluation Supervise activities of OTA/PTA students, volunteers and co-op students as required
Internal candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least nine (9) months are encouraged to apply.
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications. Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.
Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.
OTA/PTA -M Sr Health Occ Ther
About the role
Position: Physiotherapist - 3C Seniors Care
File#: 3051
Status: Permanent Full-Time (xl)
Role Level: Allied Health (AH06.1 $35.19- $39.50)
Department: Seniors' Services
Location: Mississauga Hospital
Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 8 hours, could involve weekends
Posted: May 28, 2025
Internal Deadline: June 04, 2025
Position Summary:
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is excited to hire for our 26 bed Geriatric Unit at our Mississauga Hospital location and is recruiting an individual who is highly skilled, agile and adaptable with advanced critical thinking and inter-professional skills. As a member of the Geriatric Medicine Inter-professional team you will have the opportunity to provide patient-centred care to the frail older adult with the goal to prevent cognitive and functional decline during admission and participate in plans for same discharge home.
This role will report to the Clinical Manager of Seniors' Services.
Key Qualifications:
- Diploma from a recognized two year OTA/PTA Program
- Experience with in-patient rehabilitation is an asset
- Current BCLS and evidence of continuing education is required
- Reliable, flexible, creative, self-directed professional with strong observation skills
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members
- Confident, overseeing exercise and functional activity
- Exercises good judgment, critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
- A positive attendance record is essential
Position Summary:
- As an active member of a multidisciplinary team, the dual trained OTA/PTA provides client-centered clinical care for assigned patients under the direction and supervision of a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist.
- Provides goal-oriented treatment interventions, patient/family education and support to address physical, emotional and self-care needs as assigned
- Provides timely and astute information to relevant team members about patient’s performance
- The ability to perform as a coach/mentor and to use sound critical thinking skills is key to achieving patient outcomes and to facilitating team function
- Participates in program planning, continuous quality improvement and evaluation Supervise activities of OTA/PTA students, volunteers and co-op students as required
Internal candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least nine (9) months are encouraged to apply.
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications. Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.
Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.