Occupational Therapist, Red Fish Healing Centre BC
Job in
Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Listing for:
PHSA
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-01-23
Job specializations:
-
Healthcare
Mental Health, Occupational Therapy
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Occupational Therapist, Red Fish Healing Centre
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Coquitlam, BC
This Regular, Full-Time opportunity is with the Red Fish Healing Centre.
What is Red Fish Healing Centre
θəqiʔ ɫəwʔənəq leləm’ (the Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction, or Red Fish Healing Centre) is a 105-bed facility that treats individuals from across the province who live with the most severe concurrent and complex mental health and substance use disorders. Clients admitted to the Red Fish Healing Centre have both a mental illness and a substance use disorder;
many clients also have other chronic health problems. Clients may be admitted voluntarily, or involuntarily under BC’s Mental Health Act.
What you’ll do
Assess clients by considering their personal context, goals, interests, needs, safety, environment and resources by utilizing an evidence-based approach, reviewing records, gathering information relevant to the situation, interviewing the client, and determining suitability of services to ensure occupational performance issues important to the client are addressed.Plan outcome oriented occupational therapy services by collaborating with the client, caregivers/family and other health care providers; identify client and therapist expectations for service and defines an approach and focus for service; establish and prioritize expected outcomes; discuss service implementation options; and determine sources and duration of service to meet identified short and long-term client goals.Implement occupational therapy services utilizing diverse intervention approaches by carrying out the plan, engaging the client in activities associated with occupational roles and the client’s goals, assessing and modifying the implementation, and identifying completion criteria to promote, develop, maintain and/or restore occupational potential. Act as a group leader/co-leader in the provision of groups to meet the rehabilitation and psycho-educational needs of clients in the areas behavior and development;
and by supporting case managers with clients.Use knowledge and skill in the area of professional practice to independently manage a complex caseload. Coordinate care for clients by applying case management principles, carrying out health, psychosocial, functional/environmental and safety/risk assessments, identifying problems, addressing issues in collaboration with clients and families and works with the appropriate physicians, interdisciplinary team members and/or clients/families to identify and utilize community supports and agencies.
Participate or lead inter-agency and/or multidisciplinary team case management coordination as required.Provide education and counseling to clients/families regarding the functional and rehabilitation issues of clients in the areas of behavior and development, personal life, education, leisure and work; and provide information and guidance to other caregivers, health service providers, staff and other community agencies.Evaluate occupational therapy services, including quality and outcomes, in collaboration with the client and family in keeping with the client’s goals by determining the purpose, method and criteria of the evaluation, implementing the evaluation, and analyzing and interpreting results to utilize results for service delivery and future planning of occupational therapy services.Consult, confer and collaborate with interdisciplinary staff, health care professionals, clients, families, caregivers and other community resources in the identification and resolution of client/family/caregiver care issues, revision or termination of services, cultural and language barriers, ethical dilemmas, and coordination and integration of care, and makes referrals to other services providers, as appropriate.What you bring
Qualifications
Two (2) years’ recent, related experience working in a psychiatric setting with the defined client population.Current full registration as an Occupational Therapist with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC. Eligible for membership in the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT).For Provincial…
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