Union: OPSEU
Number of vacancies: 1
New or Replacement Position: Replacement
Site: West Park Healthcare Center
Department: Respiratory RehabReports to: Clinical Service Manager
Hours: 37.5
Wage Range: $40.36 to $56.30 per hour. Start rate non-negotiable.
Shifts: Days
Status: Permanent Full-time
Closing Date: June 17, 2026
Position SummaryTo provide quality occupational therapy services to patients/clients while pursuing continuous professional development.
Duties- Assess and treat patients based on regulatory requirements.
- Provide education, training, and counseling to patients, families/caregivers, and interprofessional team members.
- Participate in discharge planning, liaising with community partners/stakeholders, as appropriate
- Participate in interprofessional rounds
- Complete timely and thorough clinical documentation
- Complete clinical workload
- Provide supervision to rehabilitation assistants in the delivery of occupational therapy services
- To provide occupational therapy coverage throughout the Centre on an as-needed basis, as appropriate
- To provide on-call services for weekend supervision of rehabilitation assistants on a rotational basis
- Pursue continuous professional development, which includes active participation in O.T. Professional Standards & Issues Committee, attendance in relevant in-service educational programs.
- Participate in service planning and development of advances in practice, as appropriate.
- Participate in team and/or Centre-wide committees, as appropriate.
- Participate as required in revenue generating services of the Centre.
- Participate in clinical evaluation of equipment, clinical protocols, as appropriate.
- Participate in student education (e.g. student preceptorship, labs, tutorials)
- Be aware of conditions and measures that may affect the safety of patients, residents, students, employees, volunteers, physicians and visitors including:
- Compliance with the safety standards of the hospital and applicable legislation
- Identification and prevention of safety issues and problems
- Taking corrective action, where possible
- Attendance at safety meetings/training/updates in accordance with the Centre's standards
- Ability to work in a manner that exemplifies the centre's core values and helps patients get their life back
Qualifications- MSc (Occupational Therapy) or equivalent
- Must be able to achieve 80% in the Functional Independent Measure (FIM) certification exam within the probationary period and on recertification exams if applying to work on any of the following rehabilitation units: 3EA (Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation), 3EB (Amputee Rehabilitation), 3EC (Neurological Rehabilitation), 2EB (TB Rehabilitation) and 2WF (Respiratory Rehabilitation).
- Registration with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
- 1-2 years expereince
- Strong interpersonal, communication (both written and verbal) and organizational skills
- Ability to be self-directed and effectively problem-solve
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff and within an interprofessional team
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Ability to demonstrate a customer service philosophy
- Evidence of satisfactory attendance and punctuality
Additional InformationCurrent UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.
All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.
UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly.
Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.
