Your Opportunity:
Home Care is a multi-disciplinary team with RN, LPN, SW, RT, PT, OT, and Rehab Assistants who collaborate and conduct home visits to deliver services to clients with a wide variety of conditions, including complex health needs. As an Occupational Therapist I in the Rural South Home care team, you will act both as a Case Manager as well as a direct care provider, utilizing your strong skills in family-centered practice, coaching, assessing, organizing and communication. The Case Management duties include ongoing assessing and identifying the overall needs of the client, in collaboration with the family and other partners, and developing a care plan based on those needs. The care plan ensures appropriate services are provided, and the appropriate internal and external resources are accessed. Case Managers work within a Competency Framework that includes personal and professional accountability, systems thinking, creative thinking, communicating and building relationships. This role requires flexibility, adaptability and rural/remote travelling. Please note this position is approximately 64 km SW outside of Calgary City Limits supporting primarily High River.
Description:
As an Occupational Therapist II, you will be responsible for the coordination of occupational therapy and other allied health clinical services within a program or service area. You will provide supervision of students and team members as assigned. As an Occupational Therapist II, you will be responsible to work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team where you will be an integral member, providing leadership to other healthcare professionals. You will be making day-to-day clinical decisions on patient/family needs regarding assessment, intervention, discharge and follow-up. You will make decisions and advise team members on complex clinical cases and provide clinical leadership within the program or service area to ensure safe, efficient and effective client care. You will ensure occupational therapy practice is evidence-based and in alignment with Alberta legislation and regulations, professional standards of practice, code of ethics and AHS policy and guidelines. You will be providing coordination of the day-to-day operations of an assigned service area and monitoring care delivery, identifying service needs and assisting other medical staff with caseload management, completing chart audits and providing follow-up and feedback to staff. You will be participating in program development and operational planning and representing the department on committees or programs. You will be making decisions on staffing level requirements, workflow and caseload priorities in collaboration with managers and other healthcare providers. As assigned, you will carry out the roles of a direct clinical service provider, consultant, educator and/or advocate in your program or service area.
- Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
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Classification: Occupational Therapist II
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Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
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Unit and Program: Rural South Home Care
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Primary Location: High River
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Location Details: As Per Location
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Multi-Site: Not Applicable
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FTE: 1.00
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Posting End Date: 02-JUL-2026
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Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
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Date Available: 04-AUG-2026
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Temporary End Date: 02-AUG-2027
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Hours per Shift: 7.75
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Length of Shift in weeks: 4
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Shifts per cycle: 20
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Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
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Days Off: As Per Rotation
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Minimum Salary: $44.93
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Maximum Salary: $59.68
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Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Required Qualifications:
Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program or bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program and related experience. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy program. Basic Cardiac Life Support- Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP) required. Minimum 2 years of Rural Home Care Experience. Excellent computer, interpersonal, and communication skills is required. Strong assessment, conflict resolution and time management skills is required. Proven ability to provide exceptional clinical care within a continually changing healthcare environment. Physically able to perform all assigned tasks. You will be responsible to carry and move equipment, use and operate a laptop computer and mobile phone, and for manual handling (lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling upwards to 50 Ibs) as a regular part of the job. The successful candidate will work independently in clients’ homes, which could include single family dwellings, condominiums, and/or walk-up apartments. Therefore, the successful candidate must be able to work in different settings and environments (home environments and weather conditions), as well as be able to lift and carrying medical bags, which weigh approximately 25-30 lbs.
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with RAI, Connect Care, and Case Management principles is preferred. AADL Authorizer is an asset. Community experience is an asset.
