Job Occupational Therapist - Paediatric Women's and Children's Occupational Therapy, Brampton

Job Description

Reporting to the Clinical Services Manager, the Women and Children’s Occupational Therapist is part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team, providing intervention, follow-up care and education to patients attending the Women’s and Children’s complex, subspeciality, paediatric outpatient clinics. This role is also integrated into the inpatient Neonatal Intensive Care and Paediatric Units where patient assessments, interventions and discharge planning occur in collaboration with is required. This role will support the Women and Children’s program operations related to the scope of practice for occupational therapists including 1:1 patient visits and group sessions at all Osler locations, as well as collaborate with departments outside the Women and Children’s program engaged in overlapping patient care, as needed and directed by the leadership team.

Accountabilities:

• Works collaboratively with the patient and family, allied health team, nursing and pediatricians to manage medical care using a paediatric-focused approach, through history-taking, creating and implementing a plan of care, monitoring and evaluating patient outcomes on an ongoing basis, and provide recommendations for discharge planning
• Administers standardized and on-standardized assessments of infant and toddler feeding and development
• Provides individual and group-based (virtual or in-person) education sessions on development and feeding
• Readily available for patient consultation requests from members of the Women’s and Children’s team
• Provides care in a compassionate and caring manner within a diverse cultural environment
• Provides occupational therapy services to the NICU/inpatient paediatric units
• Supports Mental Health Program with educational group sessions related to Women and Children’s perinatal mental health