Rehabilitation Assistant,Tri- Home Health Job Burnaby area,New Westminster BC Canada,Healthcare

Position: Rehabilitation Assistant, Tri-Cities Home Health
Location: New Westminster

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $29.38 - $30.96 / hour.

Job Summary

At Fraser Health
, you’ll be part of a leading healthcare organization committed to innovation, collaboration, and person-centered care. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career while making a meaningful difference in people’s lives every day.

Why Join Fraser Health?

Are you a dedicated Rehabilitation Assistant passionate about helping patients regain independence and improve their quality of life? Join Fraser Health and make a meaningful impact in your community. As a Rehabilitation Assistant with Tri-Cities Home Health in Port Moody, B.C., you’ll work closely with Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to deliver client-centered care in home and community settings.

In this role, you will play an essential part in supporting rehabilitation by implementing treatment plans, monitoring client progress, and helping adapt care to meet each individual’s evolving needs.

Your Role with Fraser Health

Reporting to the supervising therapist, you will:

Implement rehabilitation treatment plans and programs in client homes and community settings
Assist therapists in monitoring, evaluating, and documenting client progress
Support the modification of care plans based on client response
Deliver individual and group activities that promote functional independence
Build strong, trusting relationships while supporting clients through their recovery journey

Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including:

Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits:
Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
Benefit Portability:
Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
Immediate Pension Enrollment:
Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
Maternity Top-Up:
Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
Trans Link Pass Subsidy:
Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on Trans Link passes

Additional employee discounts and perks available.

* Eligibility based on employment status

Detailed Overview

Under the direction of a therapist such as a physiotherapist and/or occupational therapist, implements rehabilitation treatment plans and programs and assists the therapist in monitoring and evaluating a client's response to the treatment plan in a home or community setting; assists the therapist in the modification of care plans.

Responsibilities

Carries out designated components of a rehabilitative treatment plan and/or program such as, but not limited to, activities of daily living, mobility, strengthening and balance exercises/activities and leisure therapy; provides functional skills training to clients/families in activities of daily living, mobility and communication including integration with other client supports within the community.

Observes and reports cognitive and functional changes in client's ability or behaviour to the therapist that may warrant a progression or regression of the treatment; progresses treatment plan within the parameters established by the therapist and, where appropriate, in consultation with the interdisciplinary team; performs various tests as assigned such as, but not limited to, Berg Balance, Timed Up and Go and six-minute walk test.

Documents in the client's health record according to practice standards and program guidelines including recording related information; completes required reports such as workload and department statistics and performing administrative duties such as accessing client information, as required in accordance with established procedures.

Demonstrates the use of assistive devices to clients and their families and assists with manual and power wheelchair mobility training.

Prepares, modifies and organizes equipment such as splints, seating and exercise devices, mobility and assistive devices; sets up and adapts equipment such as installing ADL equipment for trial, changing wheelchair backs and adjusting wheelchair height; provides education to clients, family and other healthcare providers on patient lifts, transfers, positioning of…

Rehabilitation Assistant, Tri- Home Health