Position: Occupational Therapist
Department: 3C Seniors Care
File #: 7534
Role Level: Allied Health (AH10.4) - $41.57 to $57.99
Status: Temporary Full Time (approximately 12 months)
Site: Mississauga Hospital
Hours of Work/Shifts: Monday to Friday (8 Hour Days), May include weekends
Posted: May 28, 2026
Internal Deadline: June 11, 2026
Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals, serving the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, the Reactivation care Centre (Church Site) and the new THP-UHN Reactivation Care Centre. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030 , we are creating a new kind of health care - defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities.
Position Summary:
The In-Patient Acute Care Seniors Unit at Trillium Health Partners (THP), located at the Mississauga Hospital (MH) site, consists of 26 beds dedicated to providing specialized acute care for the older adult.
Reporting to the Clinical Manager, the occupational therapist is highly skilled, agile, and adaptable with advanced critical thinking and interprofessional skills. As a member of the Geriatric Medicine Interprofessional team, you will have the opportunity to provide patient-centered care to older adults with the goal of preventing cognitive and functional decline during admission.
Responsibilities:
- The Occupational Therapist is accountable to assume new caseloads comfortably and competently
- As an active member of an interdisciplinary team is responsible for providing Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment to patients to improve function
- Provides Occupational Therapy services in keeping with college guidelines and Essential Competencies, for clients with deficits in areas of occupational performance
- Participates in Professional Practice meetings and patient care rounds as required
- Supervises support personnel, students and volunteers as appropriate
Participates in program planning, continuous quality improvement and evaluation, thereby contributing to the overall vision/mandate of Trillium Health Partners and Occupational Therapy Services
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Key Qualifications:
- Candidate must be a graduate of an accredited School of Occupational Therapy
- Registered in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
- Membership in O.S.O.T. and/or C.A.O.T. preferred
- Candidates with recent clinical experience, knowledge, education or certification in older adult care preferred
- GPA training is considered an asset
- Candidate with relevant experience in working with geriatric patients and a thorough understanding of geriatric syndromes and their impact on function preferred
- Demonstrates the ability to work within an interdisciplinary team including families and community partners, using effective communication skills
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment within a highly collaborative model of care, putting patients’ needs first
- Demonstrates excellent organizational skills and is able to be self-directed in a fast-paced, flexible working environment
- Previous experience and ability to work effectively and collaboratively with Occupational Therapist Assistants, and other interprofessional team members
A positive attendance record is essential
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To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.
Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
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