Mission: Reporting to the Executive Director, the Occupational Therapist is responsible for the assessment of function and adaptive behaviour and the treatment and prevention of disorders which affect function or adaptive behaviour in order to develop, maintain, rehabilitate, or augment function of adaptive behaviour in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversees and participates in the provision of quality occupational therapy in the delivery of Resident care.
- Utilizes the following processes: Assessment - Assesses Residents upon admission and an ongoing basis and assists in developing treatment care plans; Planning - Assists with identification of treatment plan and goals and communicates these to other members of the Occupational Therapy Department and the interdisciplinary care team; Implementation of Treatment Plan - Ensures that Residents are involved in identified therapeutic programs, which meet specified goals.
Provides relevant information for Resident Care Conferences and Therapy Rounds; Evaluation - Ensures on-going analysis of Resident's progress towards identified goals; Documentation - Documents pertinent information as it relates to the delivery of Occupational Therapy services; Recognizes variations in the continuum of health by implementing Occupational Therapy interventions, which promote, maintain and restore health, prevent disease and injury and provide Resident comfort.
- Utilizes established Occupational Therapy standards in the provision of safe, competent and ethical care: Ensures that the practice of Occupational Therapy is conducted in accordance with the Code of Ethics as stipulated by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, and all provincial regulatory bodies; Understands and complies with the legal requirements of licensure, legislation, scope of practice, and policies and procedures of the company; Ensures development and implementation of the classification proce