Staff Therapist - Occupational Therapy 377213
Staff Therapist - Occupational Therapy 377213
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Job Description
Requisition ID: 377213
PositionNumber:
Posting End Date: Open until filled
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Misericordia Health Centre
Site:Misericordia Health Centre
Department / Unit: Occupational Therapy MHC
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start Date End Date: ASAP 06/25/2026
Reason for Term: Maternity Leave
FTE:0.20
Anticipated Shift: Days;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 1950
Salary: $39.898 $41.093 $42.328 $43.597 $44.903 $46.247
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. Were united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.
Position Overview
In consultation with the interdisciplinary patient care team plans and provides Occupational Therapy input for residents in LongTerm Care participants in the PRIME program patients in the Acute Care Program or OutPatient Programs including Easy Street and MHC for Lungs.
The Occupational Therapist collaborates with clients through assessment interventions followup 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 in Geriatrics required.
- Recent experience working in a community setting preferred for staff working in the PRIME program.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Entrytopractice 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).
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.
- 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 incumbents 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.
- Membership in the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists (MSOT) and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) preferred.
- Must maintain a valid drivers license and possess a vehicle to conduct home visits (PRIME only).
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 decisionmaking skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of evidencebased 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.
- Good computer skills are required.
Physical Requirements
- Must demonstrate adequate strength agility motor coordination and dexterity for implementation of therapeutic techniques and manipulation of therapeutic activities as necessary.
- May be exposed to infectious diseases blood and body fluids toxic materials noise allergens physical and emotional stress.
- May encounter aggressive and/or agitated clients/visitors/staff.
- May be required to occasionally work extended hours.
- May be required to work a variety of shifts including weekends.
This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.
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 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.
Wewelcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodationsare available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Temp
