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Therapy Aide
@ Alberta Health Services
Valleyview, Alberta
Overview
Alberta Health Services is hiring a casual therapy aide to provide recreation programming to residents of the Type A long-term care unit at Valleyview Health Centre, under a recreation therapist. The work includes administrative tasks, routine interventions and assisting with client lifts, transfers and daily living activities. Pay is $24.14 to $26.98 per hour, with a remote retention allowance up to $3,000 per year, on a per-diem schedule across days, evenings, nights, weekends and on call.
Responsibilities:
- Provide recreation programming to long-term care residents
- Assist with client lifts, transfers and positioning
- Support activities of daily living within the therapy program
- Handle supply ordering, client booking and equipment inventory
- Prepare and clean the treatment area
Requirements summary:
- Completion of Grade 12 or high school diploma
- Health Care Aide certificate preferred
- Excellent communication and collaborative skills
- Experience with elderly or physically challenged individuals an asset
- Recreation experience in a medical setting an asset
- Physically capable of pushing wheelchairs and assisting clients over a full shift
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- 2026-11-04
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- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Health Care Aide certificate |
| Education | High school (required) |
| Perks mentioned | Home office allowance |
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Alberta Health Services
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Healthy Albertans. Healthy Communities. Together.
Full company description
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest provincewide, integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life, and from all corners of the world. Our mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans. Our five values – compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and safety – are at the heart of everything that we do.
- LinkedIn followers
- 221,476
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 46,271
- Reported office locations
- 10030 – 107 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3E4, CA
- 1620 29 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4L7, CA
- Other recorded names
- Alberta Health Services
- Specialties
- Health Support and Services
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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest provincewide, integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 2008 |
| Specialties | Health Support and Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2,134 |
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Your Opportunity:
This position is based in Valleyview Health Centre in the Type A (Long Term Care) unit and provides recreation programming to the residents of this facility. The Recreation Therapy Aide, supervised by the Recreation Therapist, provides services in close collaboration with the rest of the Allied Health and Nursing team. This position will assist with the promotion of a comprehensive service for clients developing and implementing evidence based, client-centered practice based on therapeutic recreation standards of practice. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.
Description:
As a Therapy Aide, you will be working both independently and as part of the interdisciplinary team where you will contribute to the effective and efficient delivery of rehabilitation services. Your role may include administrative duties such as ordering supplies, booking clients, tracking attendances, equipment inventory and preparing/cleaning the treatment area. Under the direction of a supervising recreation therapist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, audiologist, or speech language pathologist, you will prepare and/or apply routine interventions, promote patient (client, resident) healthy living, self-care independence and motivate clients to actively participate in assigned therapy protocols or programs. You may assist with client lifts and transfers, positioning, and basic activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) within the context of the therapy program.
- Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
- Classification: Therapy Aide
- Union: AUPE GSS
- Unit and Program: Recreation Therapy Type A (LTC)
- Primary Location: Valleyview Health Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.00
- Posting End Date: 12-NOV-2026
- Employee Class: Casual/Relief
- Date Available: 07-DEC-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
- Shifts per cycle: Varies
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $24.14
- Maximum Salary: $26.98
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of Grade 12.
Additional Required Qualifications:Minimum high school diploma Health Care Aide certificate or equivalent preferred Excellent communication skills and collaborative skills required. Related experience working with elderly or physically challenged individuals an asset. Previous experience working with Recreation in a medical setting will be considered an asset This position is anticipated to have high physical demands based on the client need. The successful candidate needs to be physically capable of pushing wheelchairs for an extended period of time, loading clients onto the bus for outings, supporting the clients in a range of physical hygiene tasks and assisting with client transfers over the course of a full shift.
Preferred Qualifications:As Required.
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