Occupational Therapist

Job Title:

Occupational Therapist

Status:
Full-time | Permanent

FTE: 1.0 (40 hours/week)

Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location:

The Newly Institute Edmonton, Alberta  Street, Edmonton, AB)

The Newly Institute was founded to provide long-lasting change within the mental health industry, our community, and with our clients. We are leading a paradigm shift in the Canadian healthcare system by building a network of purpose-built mental health clinics across Canada. By fusing a bio-psycho-social-spiritual treatment model with medically managed therapies, our intensive outpatient programs provide rapid access, rapid resolution, and rapid return to work and healthy lifestyle programs for anxiety, depression, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, and chronic pain.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary clinical team in our Edmonton clinic.

You’ll work as a valued member of a collaborative, supportive team and contribute to a growing and dynamic organization. Our total rewards package includes:

• Competitive salary
• Four weeks annual vacation
• Eight paid annual wellness days
• Comprehensive group benefits
• Employer-paid health and dental benefit premiums
• Health & wellness spending account
• Career and professional development opportunities
• Regular team and community engagement events
• A supportive and inclusive work environment

Reporting to the Manager of Clinical Services, the Occupational Therapist will perform assessments, in vivo exposure, group facilitation, return to work (RTW) planning, and 1-1 occupational therapy treatment for a range of mental health conditions. This role is a key part of our dynamic clinical team and reflects our core values of communication, community, excellence, health, and innovation.

• Provide individual occupational therapy sessions.
• Conduct efficient and effective clinical client assessments (mental health history, risk assessment, trauma, and activities of daily living).
• Facilitate psychoeducation groups (based on ACT, In-Vivo Exposure, sleep education, DBT skills, mindfulness, and other psychoeducation topics).
• Provide resource-based interventions, case management and coordination, transition, or discharge planning occasionally.
• Assist in grounding and reflection post-psychopharmacological treatment occasionally.
• Support clients in building functional independence and quality of life through interventions focused on daily living skills, energy conservation and pacing, pain management and education, and establishing sustainable routines and daily structure.
• Demonstrate expertise and skills to support clients presenting with:
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Personality disorders
  • Psychological injury
  • Chronic pain management
  • Return to work barriers

• Participate in weekly case consultations and complex case discussions with an interdisciplinary team.
• Work in an interdisciplinary model with other therapists by sharing a client caseload.
• Communicate with other clinicians on a regular basis about any successes and any concerns related to client care.
• Attend relevant clinical meetings and team meetings.
• Engagement in professional consults and supervision.

• Ensure same-day completion of session notes.
• Complete reports in a timely manner.
• Provide reporting to third-parties and community referral sources.
• Communicate with employers and/or case managers effectively.

• Participate in mental health promotion activities and contribute to establishing and maintaining mental health and addictions community resources.

Other responsibilities related to the role and scope of work may be assigned.

• A minimum of two years of experience supporting clients with mental health conditions, including assessment/triage and treatment, is required.
• Experience supporting first responders is an asset.
• Experience working with third-party funders is an asset.

• A Master’s…