Salary Details
The salary range for this position is CAD $45.15/Hr.
- CAD $56.17/Hr.
Vancouver Coastal Health is hiring New Graduate Occupational Therapists into a variety of units and sites.
- Acute (incl. New Graduate Rotational positions)
- Community & Home Health
- Long Term Care
- Mental Health & Substance Use
- Rehabilitation
- Rural & Remote
- Outpatient / Ambulatory
- Provincial Programs (e.g. Mary Pack Arthritis)
- and more!
VCH is pleased to offer new grad occupational therapists support and learning opportunities to enhance their confidence and competence as they transition to independent practice.
As a new grad, you will have access to on-call support with clinical skills and decision-making, new grad education sessions and supernumerary buddy shifts to support your learning needs. Our support team for new grads includes access to a dedicated new grad educator, in addition to our entire professional practice team, that includes practice leaders and clinical resource educators and, of course, your co-workers.
VCH also offers acute new grad roles with options to rotate to multiple practice areas.
- Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
- Clinical Placement / Area of Practice (i.e. Mental Health & Substance Use, Acute Care for Elders, etc.)
- Facility (i.e. VGH, Burnaby Hospital, etc.)
- Brief description of your placements (incl. the client population you served, duties, etc.)
We also recommend having your references prepared upon applying.
As an Occupational Therapist with VCH, you will:- Perform assessments on client’s occupational performance utilizing an evidence-based approach.
- Plan and implement outcome-oriented services, and evaluate the effectiveness of the services.
- Prepare and maintain records.
- Participate in interdisciplinary research.
- Demonstrate safe and effective resource utilization and quality management, and contribute to the development, review and promotion of occupational therapy services.
- As required, contribute to the organization and delivery of occupational therapy services, and participate in departmental/program quality improvement initiatives, meetings, research and education
- Current full registration as an Occupational Therapist with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC (CHCPBC).
- Candidates with current provisional registration or eligible for provisional registration will also be considered.
- Eligible for membership in the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT).
- Broad knowledge of Occupational Therapy theory and practice within a client and family centred model of care.
- Broad knowledge of the CHCPBC standards of practice and guidelines for clinical practitioners.
- Broad knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care.
- Basic knowledge of evidence-based clinical practice related to designated clinical area(s).
- Basic knowledge of occupational therapy standardised tests and measures.
- Basic knowledge of research process and methodology.
- Demonstrated ability to teach and empower clients to assume control over their health.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust to unexpected events, problem-solve, set priorities and deal with conflict.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate (orally and in writing) and deal effectively with clients and their families, coworkers, physicians, other health care staff, and staff of external agencies.
- Demonstrated ability to provide effective consultation.
- Demonstrated ability to establish workload priorities in collaboration with others in a complex health care environment.
- Demonstrated ability to recognize when referral to another health care professional is…
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