Occupational Therapist 4G Reactivation Care Unit (Job ID: 8131)
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto, is proud to announce the opening of a new 21-bed Reactivation Care Unit located on 4G. This unit is dedicated to providing collaborative care for adult and geriatric patients who require therapy, reactivation, and transition planning to successfully transfer to their community or other supportive environments.
The Reactivation Care Unit focuses on patients who no longer need acute care but still require restorative care to aid their transition home or to other settings. As a member of our dedicated interprofessional team, you will deliver patient-centered care based on best practice principles. Our team will work closely with patients, families, and caregivers to provide reactivation therapy aimed at enhancing and optimizing patients' functional abilities and engagement in daily routines.
Note: This unit is not operable until March 2025 (subject to change).
Job Profile
Occupational Therapists assess and treat patients whose occupational performance is impaired by illness or injury, social disadvantage, trauma, or the aging process. The purpose of occupational therapy is to promote, maintain, or restore health and wellbeing through engagement in meaningful occupations in the areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure. Occupational therapy services may include assessment, treatment, consultation, discharge planning, and education to patients, their family members, external agencies, and hospital staff.
The occupational therapist (OT) is a self-regulated professional who:
- Uses appropriate tools and methods to gather relevant objective and subjective information related to the factors that impact the patient's occupational performance
- Collaborates with the patient*, their family**, and the interprofessional team to make recommendations for appropriate interventions, service frequency, service duration, and monitoring
- Delivers care based on evidence and relevant best-practices
- Facilitates timely discharge planning with immediate and appropriate referral(s) to community services to decrease length of stay and/or to facilitate continuity of care and/or reintegration into the community
- Supervises additional roles as relevant (e.g., OT students and Occupational Therapist Assistants***)
- Supports the organization's academic mandate by participating in student learning through supervision, evaluation, teaching etc.
- Contributes to intra-professional and inter-professional education for internal and/or external stakeholders
- Participates in clinical program development, research, and quality assurance activities
Qualifications
- Must have a Master's degree (or substantial equivalent) in Occupational Therapy
- Licensed by and in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO) for practice in all applicable clinical areas.
- Reactivation Care experience or post-acute setting, preferred
- MoCA Cognitive Assessment, preferred
- Must have current BLS training
- Knowledge, skills and judgement to safely complete the job requirements
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Must be able to work co-operatively and constructively with other interprofessional team members;
- Demonstrated flexibility in provision of patient care