Occupational Therapist | Mental Health - #196546
Interior Health Authority
Date: 12 hours ago
City: Kamloops, BC
Contract type: Full time
Interior Health’s Kamloops Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Services based in Lansdowne Centre, has a permanent full-time Occupational Therapist opening. Shifts are Monday-Friday 8:30-16:30.
What We Offer
Recognition of previous experience in determining starting salary.
Financial moving support for eligible positions
Strong employee benefit package
Defined Pension Plan
Mentorship to help orientate, navigate and thrive in your new role
$1,000 per year to use for courses plus education leave
Development resources for leadership skills
Focus on diversity and inclusion
Focus on safety and employee wellness
Time is best spent in the service of clients
About The Position
An Occupational Therapist plays a crucial part in providing assessment, treatment planning and implementation, program planning, consultation, equipment prescription and education to patients and/or their caregivers. Operating within a client-centered approach and as an essential member of our interdisciplinary team, you make a substantial contribution to promote functional independence and enable patients to achieve and maintain optimal health outcomes. You will provide work direction to the Rehabilitation Assistants working with the rehabilitation team in regard to transfer of function.
About this Location:
Proud to be Canada's Tournament Capital, the city of Kamloops is situated in the heart of the southern interior at the meeting of the North and South Thompson Rivers. Kamloops is the 3rd largest city outside the Lower Mainland and is the centre of commercial trade and services for the region. Residents enjoy a lively professional arts scene that offers up a variety of galleries, the symphony, and a number of live theaters, modern shops, excellent parks and multi-use trails, world class ski and golf resorts, top recreational facilities as well as an endless choice of water sports and fishing lakes. Kamloops is home to some of the best mountain biking in North America and the renowned four season resort Sun Peaks is only 45 minutes away. Blue skies, endless sunshine, one thousand lakes and spectacular landscapes make the Kamloops region the natural place to work and play.
[a https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FXmy_cUYh2c&feature=youtu.be ]Explore an Allied Health Career with Interior Health[/a]
What We Offer
Recognition of previous experience in determining starting salary.
Financial moving support for eligible positions
Strong employee benefit package
Defined Pension Plan
Mentorship to help orientate, navigate and thrive in your new role
$1,000 per year to use for courses plus education leave
Development resources for leadership skills
Focus on diversity and inclusion
Focus on safety and employee wellness
Time is best spent in the service of clients
About The Position
An Occupational Therapist plays a crucial part in providing assessment, treatment planning and implementation, program planning, consultation, equipment prescription and education to patients and/or their caregivers. Operating within a client-centered approach and as an essential member of our interdisciplinary team, you make a substantial contribution to promote functional independence and enable patients to achieve and maintain optimal health outcomes. You will provide work direction to the Rehabilitation Assistants working with the rehabilitation team in regard to transfer of function.
About this Location:
Proud to be Canada's Tournament Capital, the city of Kamloops is situated in the heart of the southern interior at the meeting of the North and South Thompson Rivers. Kamloops is the 3rd largest city outside the Lower Mainland and is the centre of commercial trade and services for the region. Residents enjoy a lively professional arts scene that offers up a variety of galleries, the symphony, and a number of live theaters, modern shops, excellent parks and multi-use trails, world class ski and golf resorts, top recreational facilities as well as an endless choice of water sports and fishing lakes. Kamloops is home to some of the best mountain biking in North America and the renowned four season resort Sun Peaks is only 45 minutes away. Blue skies, endless sunshine, one thousand lakes and spectacular landscapes make the Kamloops region the natural place to work and play.
[a https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FXmy_cUYh2c&feature=youtu.be ]Explore an Allied Health Career with Interior Health[/a]
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