Occupational Therapist

Salary Range: $67,997.00 To $79,989.00 Annually

Are you an occupational therapist who’s passionate about helping older adults stay independent, safe, and thriving in their daily lives? Do you love working in a collaborative, team‑based environment where your clinical judgment and creativity truly shape client outcomes? Apply today and bring your innovative ideas to life at The Alex!

The Alex is a beacon of hope for Calgary’s most vulnerable citizens, offering wrap‑around health care, housing, social, and wellness programs. With a patient and client‑centered approach, we envision a community where every individual is valued and empowered to thrive. Our mission is to improve quality of life through accessible and integrated health, housing, and social services. With five decades of experience, we have earned a reputation for tackling tough health and social issues, guiding individuals on their journey from crisis to wellness, and from challenge to change.

The Alex’s Senior Health Centre provides comprehensive, team‑based care tailored to adults aged 55 and older facing complex health and social challenges. The program offers medical services, mental health support, social work, and health navigation in one accessible location, helping seniors manage chronic conditions, maintain independence, and improve overall quality of life. With a focus on dignity, prevention, and collaboration, the centre supports aging in place and reduces barriers to care for vulnerable seniors in Calgary.

Reporting to the Program Manager, the Occupational Therapist is a key member of the Seniors Health Clinic interprofessional team and is responsible for assessing and supporting vulnerable older adults to optimize function, independence, safety, and participation in meaningful daily activities. The Occupational Therapist provides clinic‑based care with home/community visits (as appropriate), delivers individual and group interventions, and collaborates closely with clients, caregivers, and the broader care team.

This is a permanent, full-time position.

• Offer culturally safe, trauma‑informed and age‑friendly services, where indicated.
• Uphold person‑centered, strengths‑based, function‑focused care within an integrated team‑based primary care model.
• Understand and apply relevant legislation and best practices related to older adults (e.g., consent/capacity, substitute decision‑making, elder abuse pathways) within scope and organizational policy.
• Understand and follow Seniors Health Clinic and agency policies and procedures.

• Complete OT intake, functional and cognitive screening assessments, outcome measures, and required data entry.
• Create, implement and update client‑centred care plans and functional goals in collaboration with clients, caregivers, and the interprofessional team.
• Complete required documentation with excellence, following agency policy and procedures and respective professional college requirements.

• Provide comprehensive occupational therapy assessments for older adults, focusing on function, mobility, cognition, and safety in clinic and community settings.
• Assess and support clients living with frailty, chronic conditions, pain, mobility limitations, sensory changes, and/or cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia, delirium) as applicable.
• Support clients to optimize activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living (e.g., bathing, dressing, meal prep, home management, community mobility, transportation planning).
• Deliver falls prevention and safe mobility interventions, including balance strategies, assistive device training, and environmental risk reduction.
• Complete home safety and environmental assessments (as appropriate) and recommend/coordinate adaptive equipment and minor modifications.
• Provide cognitive screening (within training and scope) and functional cognitive interventions (routines, memory strategies, compensatory approaches), and support caregivers.
• Teach energy conservation, pacing, and fatigue management for chronic disease and frailty, supporting return to meaningful activities.
• Support safe medication routines in…