Therapy Assistant

Your Opportunity:

The job opportunity available is for a certified Therapy Assistant within the Tofield Health Centre, Recreation department. The department is looking for a qualified individual that is able to provide Therapy Assistant hours casually. The successful incumbent will be expected to support the Allied Health Team. They must be confident, and able to work both as part of a team and individual. Skills that are required for this position are: Interpersonal skills. Communication skills. Time management skills. Problem solving skills. Ability to work with limited supervision. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with the interdisciplinary team, patients and families in a dynamic health care setting. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize workload to keep pace in a busy multi-disciplinary patient care environment. Basic Computer skills required. Demonstrates behaviors consistent with the values of AHS – Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Safety.

Description:

As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.

• Transition Company:
Assisted Living Alberta
• Classification:
Therapy Assistant
• Union:
HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program:
Allied Health - Recreation
• Primary Location:
Tofield Health Centre
• Location Details:
As Per Location
• Multi-Site:
Not Applicable
• FTE:
0.00
• Posting End Date:
23-NOV-2026
• Employee Class:
Casual/Relief
• Date Available:
03-DEC-2026
• Hours per Shift:
7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks:
Varies
• Shifts per cycle:
Varies
• Shift Pattern:
Days
• Days Off:
Other
• Minimum Salary:
$27.44
• Maximum Salary:
$34.39
• Vehicle Requirement:
Not Applicable

Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

BLS and First Aid Training.

Preferred completion of a Recreation Therapy Diploma or an Interdisciplinary Therapy Assistant Program with a Recreation Therapy component from an accredited post-secondary program.