Occupational Therapist - Brain Injury Rehabilitation Team (Birt)

Join us in building a world of possibility! Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital, and a top 40 Canadian research hospital. Serving over 8,500 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 Bloorview's 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 Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages including the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.

The Position:

We are seeking an occupational therapist to join the Inpatient Rehab and Complex Continuing Care program, working on the Brain Injury Rehab Team (BIRT). This is a regular full-time position (1.0 FTE). Be part of a dedicated interprofessional team serving children and youth aged 3 months - 18 years requiring rehabilitation services following brain injury, through providing direct care, consultation, and education.

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/family's rights to make decisions based on their own values, beliefs, and experiences without judgement.
• Provide client care in collaboration with the client/family including: assessment, analysis and planning of intervention, document habilitative/rehabilitative process according to hospital and college policies/standards and evaluate care through outcome measures.
• 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.
• Demonstrate strong critical thinking/reasoning and 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 client's function in the areas of self-care, productivity (school and play skills) and leisure (community or sports participation).
• Address challenges identified in client occupational performance. Provide assessment and intervention directed at the person, occupation and environmental factors influencing occupational performance.
• Provide assessment and intervention directed at the person, occupation and environmental factors influencing occupational performance such as activities of daily leaving; splinting devices; transfer and lift devices; wheelchairs and seating, etc.
• Practice according to organizational policies and standards of practice as set out by the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario and the policies, procedures and standards of care of Holland Bloorview.
• Contribute to the hospital's academic mission through student supervision and / or academic teaching and / or contribution to research.
• Participate 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.
• Document workload statistics according to the Ministry of Health.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of bachelor's degree in occupational therapy; master's degree preferred
• Current registration in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
• 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.)
• 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 continued professional development
• 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