Company: William Osler Health System
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Sun, 03 Aug 2025 22:40:54 GMT
Job description: Company DescriptionOne of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers and Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for many consecutive years, William Osler Health System (Osler) provides a safe and supportive health care network to grow your career. Osler is nationally recognized for its commitment to patient safety and is Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest rating a Canadian hospital can receive. As a major Ontario hospital system, and home to some of the biggest specialty and emergency departments in the country, Osler serves the 1.3 million residents of Brampton, Etobicoke and surrounding communities. We are proud to offer you incredible exposure to best-in-class health care delivery and challenging hands-on opportunities to stay at the top of your game.A hospital system built for and by the community, we continue to expand our services to meet the needs of a growing population, creating opportunities for increased hands-on skills development, cross-department training and promotional opportunities. Guided by our accomplished senior leadership team, together we are driving our vision of patient-inspired health care without boundaries.At Osler, we invest in careers that go beyond where health care professionals like you can achieve their goals and find deep personal and professional fulfillment. Join our team today!Job DescriptionOur treatment philosophy encompasses a patient focused care concept that promotes an enhanced quality of life through leisure experiences. The Recreation Therapy Student (RecT Student) is responsible for facilitation of the Mobile Recreation & Well-being program across multiple inpatient medical units at both Brampton Civic Hospital and Etobicoke General Hospital. The Recreation Therapy Student will screen patients for appropriate single-use recreation supplies, and they will facilitate 1:1 recreation activities with patients with a wide range of interests and abilities.This position differs from a Recreation Therapist position, as the Student will not be completing the full TR APIED process with patients, and does not fulfil the hiring criteria of a Recreation Therapist at Osler (Degree in TR in addition to either R/TRO or CTRS certification). The Student is not able to prescribe interventions/activities for patients. The Student will engage patients in their chosen activities of interest and distribute supplies that patients request for independent activities.Accountabilities:
- Collaborate with health care team to identify patients that would most benefit from recreation interventions and obtain any pertinent information regarding patient safety. Utilize Meditech to obtain orders and/or identify patients who are CAM +.
- Responsible for the implementation of a wide range of 1:1 recreation interventions, with specific knowledge of delirium management strategies and culturally appropriate recreation interventions.
- Provide single-use leisure resources, assess for appropriateness of each item for the patient based on consultation with the primary nurse and brief patient screening
- Report any patient concerns directly to patient’s primary nurse.
- Source and develop supplies within established program budget
- Ability to quickly adapt recreation interventions to suits each patient’s specific interests, and their individual physical, cognitive, and/or communicative level of functioning.
- Compliant with sanitizing items and cart as per IPAC standards
- Maintain statistics in accordance with the requirements of the Mobile Recreation & Well-being program
- Ensure the working environment is hazard free and all equipment is safe.
- Multi-site travel may be required
- Off-site travel to acquire supplies
- Perform duties as assigned by the Recreation Therapists
- Completion of Osler’s corporate orientation
- Completion of Osler’s LMS education modules
- Completion of Meditech training
QualificationsCurrent college or university student:
- Therapeutic Recreation Certificate (1yr) Candidate i.e. Georgian College, Mohawk College
- Completed Diploma (2 yr) in Therapeutic Recreation program
- Current 4th year Therapeutic Recreation Degree Candidate (i.e. University of Waterloo, Brock University, Seneca College, Dalhousie University, etc.)
Student, Associate, or Professional member in good standing of one of the following (Preferred):
- (TRO) Therapeutic Recreation Ontario
- (CTRA) Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association
Core Competencies:
- Completion of previous internship(s) or practicum (s) in hospital setting (strongly preferred) or long term care facility.
- Ability to communicate effectively within all levels of personnel.
- Ability to transport the Recreation & Well-being supplies/items around to various units within the hospital, traveling between units across the hospital site throughout the shift.
- Ability to exercise good judgement and critical thinking skills.
Additional InformationHours: Currently Days, 8 hours (subject to change in accordance with operational requirements)Internal application deadline date: August 8, 2025Osler values inclusivity and diversity in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at .While we thank all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose.
