Staff Therapist - Occupational Therapist

Job summary

The Occupational Therapist collaborates with clients to perform assessments, design interventions, and plan services to meet occupational performance goals. They also support quality client care through research, professional development, and the promotion of occupational therapy practices.

Job details

Requisition ID: 411112 Position Number: 20068454 Posting End Date: September 28, 2026 City: Winnipeg Employer: St. Boniface Hospital Site: St. Boniface Hospital Department / Unit: Occupational Therapy - SBH Job Stream: Clinical Union: MAHCP Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 09/21/2026 - 09/12/2027 Reason for Term: Maternity Leave FTE: 1.00 Anticipated Shift: Days Work Arrangement: In Person Daily Hours Worked: 7.50 Annual Base Hours: 1950 Salary: $46.459, $47.850, $49.289, $50.767, $52.287, $53.853 Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care. Position Overview The Occupational Therapist collaborates with clients through assessment, interventions, follow-up, planning and designing of services to meet occupational performance goals, support healthy lifestyles, prevent illness and disability and promote health. Quality client care is supported through continuing professional development, research, quality improvement and promotion of occupational therapy. Experience Recent and relevant clinical experience preferred. 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). Successful completion of relevant continuing professional education in designated clinical area preferred. Certification/Licensure/Registration Registration is required with the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM) with the incumbent’s name entered in the practicing register or in the provisional register as an examination candidate. Where the incumbent is provisionally registered as an examination candidate, to maintain employment, he/she must pass the examination required by COTM during the next available exam offering to maintain employment with the Centre. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy. Membership in the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) preferred. Qualifications and Skills Ability to establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships. Must have effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work cooperatively with other disciplines. Demonstrated professional judgment and initiative. Demonstrated effective organizational, interpersonal, critical-thinking, clinical reasoning, conflict resolution and decision-making skills. Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice. Ability to perform both independently and as a team member. Knowledge of the physiological, social, cultural and economic aspects of patient care. Ability to organize and complete assignments with a minimum of supervision. Willingness to adapt to new concepts, techniques and best practice in the academic and clinical fields of healthcare knowledge. Computer literacy as appropriate to the setting. If there are no applicants meeting the qualifications, the employer may consider an applicant who does not meet the above qualifications. Applicants are required to submit a letter of application including a current resume. This maternity/parental term may expire sooner than the date indicated subject to a minimum of two (2) weeks’ notice. 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 across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, Prairie Crocus Manor, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services. Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment. Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition. We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process. Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.

What you’ll do

The Occupational Therapist collaborates with clients to perform assessments, design interventions, and plan services to meet occupational performance goals. They also support quality client care through research, professional development, and the promotion of occupational therapy practices.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an entry-to-practice academic credential in Occupational Therapy from an accredited Canadian university or equivalent. Registration with the College of Occupational Therapists of Manitoba (COTM) is required for employment.

Listed skills

• Clinical care · Preferred
• written communication · Preferred
• interpersonal skills · Preferred
• Decision Making · Preferred
• Critical Thinking · Preferred
• Team Collaboration · Preferred
• Conflict Resolution · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Occupational therapy
• Clinical assessment
• Intervention planning
• Patient care
• Critical thinking
• Clinical reasoning
• Conflict resolution
• Decision making
• Evidence-based practice
• Interpersonal skills
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Team collaboration
• Computer literacy
• Clinical Experience
• Clinical Reasoning
• Planning
• Quality Improvement
• Research
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Decision Making
• Community Health
• Computer Literacy
• Conflict Resolution
• Critical Thinking
• Disabilities
• Disease Prevention
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Occupational Therapy
• Verbal Communication Skills

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Occupational Therapist
• Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified
• Occupational Therapists