Clinical Specialist - Occupational Therapy
About the role
Requisition ID: 387198
Position Number: 20065559
Posting End Date: August 29, 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Health Sciences Centre
Department / Unit: OT Rehab-Geri Service
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start Date: 09/08/2025
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $52.743, $54.327, $55.955, $57.630, $59.355
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
Position Overview
Under the general supervision of the Manager, Occupational Therapy, the Clinical Specialist provides expert consultation and guidance to staff in the area of specialty through clinical leadership, mentoring, education, evaluation and research. Contributes to the delivery of quality specialty services by examining, developing, refining and evaluating the specialty body of knowledge and care practices. Provides quality occupational therapy services including assessment, intervention, program planning and implementation, discharge planning, and follow-up. Provides educational programs to students, other health care professionals and within the community.
Experience
- Minimum three years of recent, clinical experience of which one year must be in the specialty area.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Entry-to-practice academic credential in Occupational Therapy from an accredited Canadian university program or the approved equivalent if internationally educated as determined by the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM).
- Extensive post-graduate education in occupational therapy or a related field preferred.
- Successful completion of relevant professional education in designated clinical area required.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Registration is required with the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM) with the incumbent’s name entered on the practising register or on the provisional register as an examination candidate.
- Where the incumbent is provisionally registered as an examination candidate, he/she must pass the examination required by COTM to maintain employment with the WRHA or Centre.
- Membership in the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) preferred.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.
Qualifications and Skills
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Demonstrates leadership, coaching and mentoring abilities.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
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Good organizational skills.
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Demonstrated expertise in adult education preferred.
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Working knowledge of research/program evaluation methodology.
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Ability to work with minimal direction.
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Ability to function within a computerized environment.
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A team player.
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Excellent customer service skills.
We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.
Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.
Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
About Health Sciences Centre
More than 8,000 staff, physicians and volunteers care for patients. Highly-skilled interdisciplinary teams provide complex, specialist (“tertiary”) acute care, including diagnostic, outpatient and inpatient services to adults and children across Manitoba, north-western Ontario and Nunavut.
HSC is a Shared Health facility, and is Manitoba’s provincial tertiary centre for trauma, transplants, burns, neurosciences, complex cancer care and pediatric care. Every clinical hospital-based service available in the province is offered at HSC, with the exception of cardiac surgery and eye surgery. This means the majority of Manitobans’ tertiary care is provided here, regardless of which community our patients call home.
HSC is also a teaching hospital, formally affiliated with the University of Manitoba and other post-secondary institutions. Students learn from us at the bedside or in the lab, and many of our staff teach and conduct research at these institutions.
HSC is accredited by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.
Clinical Specialist - Occupational Therapy
About the role
Requisition ID: 387198
Position Number: 20065559
Posting End Date: August 29, 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Health Sciences Centre
Department / Unit: OT Rehab-Geri Service
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start Date: 09/08/2025
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $52.743, $54.327, $55.955, $57.630, $59.355
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
Position Overview
Under the general supervision of the Manager, Occupational Therapy, the Clinical Specialist provides expert consultation and guidance to staff in the area of specialty through clinical leadership, mentoring, education, evaluation and research. Contributes to the delivery of quality specialty services by examining, developing, refining and evaluating the specialty body of knowledge and care practices. Provides quality occupational therapy services including assessment, intervention, program planning and implementation, discharge planning, and follow-up. Provides educational programs to students, other health care professionals and within the community.
Experience
- Minimum three years of recent, clinical experience of which one year must be in the specialty area.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Entry-to-practice academic credential in Occupational Therapy from an accredited Canadian university program or the approved equivalent if internationally educated as determined by the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM).
- Extensive post-graduate education in occupational therapy or a related field preferred.
- Successful completion of relevant professional education in designated clinical area required.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Registration is required with the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM) with the incumbent’s name entered on the practising register or on the provisional register as an examination candidate.
- Where the incumbent is provisionally registered as an examination candidate, he/she must pass the examination required by COTM to maintain employment with the WRHA or Centre.
- Membership in the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) preferred.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.
Qualifications and Skills
-
Demonstrates leadership, coaching and mentoring abilities.
-
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
-
Good organizational skills.
-
Demonstrated expertise in adult education preferred.
-
Working knowledge of research/program evaluation methodology.
-
Ability to work with minimal direction.
-
Ability to function within a computerized environment.
-
A team player.
-
Excellent customer service skills.
We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.
Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.
Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
About Health Sciences Centre
More than 8,000 staff, physicians and volunteers care for patients. Highly-skilled interdisciplinary teams provide complex, specialist (“tertiary”) acute care, including diagnostic, outpatient and inpatient services to adults and children across Manitoba, north-western Ontario and Nunavut.
HSC is a Shared Health facility, and is Manitoba’s provincial tertiary centre for trauma, transplants, burns, neurosciences, complex cancer care and pediatric care. Every clinical hospital-based service available in the province is offered at HSC, with the exception of cardiac surgery and eye surgery. This means the majority of Manitobans’ tertiary care is provided here, regardless of which community our patients call home.
HSC is also a teaching hospital, formally affiliated with the University of Manitoba and other post-secondary institutions. Students learn from us at the bedside or in the lab, and many of our staff teach and conduct research at these institutions.
HSC is accredited by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.