Within the Department of Family Medicine, the Queen’s Family Health Team (QFHT) – Belleville site is a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals who provide primary health care services to the Belleville/Quinte community. As an academic teaching centre, the Department trains future family physicians and conducts research in issues of primary health care delivery. QFHT Belleville site is comprised of a number of medical practices and provides for a diverse, client centred work environment for all its employees. QFHT Belleville site provides primary health services to rostered patients while modeling safe, efficient and collaborative clinical processes to Family Medicine residents and other health professional learners.
Reporting to the Program Manager, the Occupational Therapist (OT) will work as a member of an inter-professional team within an academic family health team. The OT will work to their full scope of practice and provide primary care assessment and intervention for clients of all ages. The OT will support care and the delivery of programs including, falls prevention, chronic pain, memory clinic and individual assessment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Conducts individual patient assessments to determine physical/occupational status, treatment, consultation and follow up services.
• Identifies and addresses the needs of patients at risk for functional decline.
• Provides education to patients. Evaluates patient comprehension and compliance to a care plan. Involves patients in decisions about their own health and encourages them to take action.
• Documents patient health history, assessments, interventions and plans including recommendations, in the electronic medical record.
• Acts as an advocate for patients and their families in matters affecting their well-being and participation.
• Provides patient education through individual and/or group sessions.
• Conducts home visits and community outreach visits when appropriate.
• Collaborates with other health care providers in the planning, development and evaluation of programs and services, such as falls prevention, memory clinic.
• Maintains confidentially in all aspects of patient, staff and organization information.
• Collaborates with physicians, residents and allied health professionals. Contributes to the education of family medicine residents/learners regarding the role of the occupational therapist. Collaborates with inter-professional health care teams to provide a holistic assessment of a client’s needs

SPECIAL SKILLS:
• Promotes diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
• Knowledge and proficiency in current, evidenced-based methods and practices of primary care occupational therapy services.
• Strong clinical reasoning skills.
• Proficient in the use of computer/technology (Word, Outlook, internet search) including prior experience and knowledge of electronic medical records.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact and work with a diverse range of individuals.
• Leadership skills.
• In depth knowledge of the local health service delivery and community based services.
• Ability to work both independently and effectively in an interdisciplinary team environment.
• Excellent organization, time management and priority setting skills.
• Willingness to update knowledge and skills through various courses, workshops and conferences.

DECISION MAKING:
Makes decisions regularly regarding patient care within the legal scope of practice of the profession, including:
• When assessing patients, deciding on a treatment/care plan for each individual.
• Determine services available to ensure the patients are connected to the appropriate community, volunteer and professional services and programs.
• Determine effective strategies for providing services, educational programs and support to patients, families, family medicine residents, students and community groups.