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2025-238 Rehabilitation Assistant
Description
Title: Rehabilitation Assistant
Division: Clinical Services
Affiliation: Public Service Alliance Canada
Site: Moose Factory, ON
Reports to: Director of Clinical Resources
Status: Permanent Full-time
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking experience candidates to fill the key role of Rehabilitation Assistant.
Life at WAHA
A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overshadowed by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA
What We Do
There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.
At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.
Who You Are
- Flexible and able to adapt to quickly changing environments
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and strong prioritization skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proven customer service skills
What You’ll Do
- Working with the rehabilitation services staff on administrative duties
- Answer, screen, and forward incoming phone calls
- Communicate and develop a strong relationship with the team members.
- Maintain professionalism and attend training to remain current in the role and field
- Knowledge of the privacy requirements of the Personal Health Information Protection Act and the Health Care Consent Act
What You Bring
- Successful completion of secondary school
- Experience in a rehabilitation setting is an asset
- Preferred 2-year diploma in Administration Assistant or Business Administration
- Certificate in Medical Terminology
- Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset
- Valid Ontario Driver’s License required
Why Choose Us
- Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
- A northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
- Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
- Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow
Salary: $56,881.50 - $65,871.00
How to Apply
The successful candidate must provide a valid Criminal Record Check within a specified time frame.
Please apply in writing, providing three recent work references, quoting Competition #2025-238 by no later than Monday, June 30th, 2025 at 12 noon to:
- For more information contact the HR team by email: jobs@waha.ca
- Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
- Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.
Compensation
$29.17 - $33.78 per hour