Occupational Therapist BIRT

Join us in building a world of possibility! Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canadas largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital and a top 40 Canadian research hospital. Serving over 9000 families annually in both inpatient and outpatient programs and services Holland Bloorview is renowned for its expertise in partnering with clients and families to provide exceptional care and is the only organization to ever achieve 100 per cent in three successive quality surveys by Accreditation Canada.

Holland Bloorviews vision is to support the most meaningful and healthy futures for all children youth and families. We are an academic hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. All clinical staff are expected to contribute to the academic agenda through one or more of the following activities: supervising students teaching academic service scholarship and research.

Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Torontos Top Employers Canadas Top Employers for Young People and Canadas Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring inclusive innovative and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with inpatient clients and families to formulate and implement individualized client-centered goals with focused targeted and measurable outcomes. This includes support and respect of the client/familys rights to make decisions based on their own values beliefs and experiences without judgement.
• Provide direct client care in collaboration with the client/family to plan implement and evaluate care documenting the habilitative/rehabilitative process according to hospital policies.
• Interface and problem solve with members of the inpatient interprofessional care team and community providers as appropriate to ensure an integrated approach to care.
• Incorporate evaluative activities into professional practice to ensure the delivery of efficient and effective health care.
• Utilize research to establish and support evidence-informed practice.
• Utilize the teaching/learning process to provide education on various conditions both formal and informal to clients/families colleagues students and other professionals within the organization and the community.
• Provide direct service consultation and education to clients families and community providers with focus on maximizing the clients function in the areas of self-care productivity (school and play skills) and leisure (community or sports participation).
• Address challenges identified during inpatient stay in client occupational performance.
• Provide age appropriate assessment and intervention( individual and group based) directed at the person occupation and environmental factors influencing occupational performance such as activities of daily living; instrumental daily living and community participation. Address performance components in the areas of physical cognitive and psychosocial function. Recommend environmental modifications to support participation across all domain.
• Ability to delegate intervention plans to OTAs and provision of appropriate supervision
• Practices according to organizational policies and standards of practice as set out by the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives such as quality boards supports the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment and advances a culture of client/patient safety through work and daily practices.
• Documents workload statistics according to the Ministry of Health
• Documents on clients electronic health record as required following Hospital and regulatory college policies
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Occupational Therapy (or Bachelor degree in Occupational Therapy plus other Masters) required
• Current registration with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario required
• Membership in the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and/or the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists is an asset.
• Knowledge of and experience in occupational therapy assessment and treatment of children and youth essential with experience with acquired brain injury an asset
• Knowledge of and experience with occupational therapy assessment techniques therapeutic skills modalities and their applications.
• Knowledge of and experience with splinting devices as well as fabricates adapts alters or repairs splints or assistive devices such as hand splints preferred
• Knowledge of an experience with a wide variety of lifts and transfers from wheelchairs beds bathtubs toilets etc. required
• Experience with current outcome measures (i.e. Canadian Occupational Performance Measure Goal Attainment Scaling manual muscle testing etc.) an asset
• Demonstrated ability to manage fluctuating clinical responsibilities effectively and efficiently
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and in a solution focused manner with inpatient clients families and members of the interprofessional care team
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of an inpatient interprofessional team is essential
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development and occupational therapy student education
• Experience with being a positive change agent and quality improvement initiatives is an asset
• Status appointment in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy at University of Toronto is an asset

Required Experience:

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