Jocelyn Scannell
Vancouver
Summary
Dedicated and experienced Occupational Health Advisor with a Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy. Proven track record for providing frontline care and operational support/leadership in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Occupational Health Advisor-Team Lead
Providence Health Care
07.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Occupational Health Department
- Managing employee sick leaves due medical reasons such as physical health conditions, mental health conditions and substance use disorders
- Collecting confidential medical information and interpreting information in order to support absences, establish return to work parameters, and provide effective case management
- Liaising with various stakeholders such as union representatives, managers, third party services providers, including WSBC representatives and Canada Life representatives
- Supporting employees through the duty to accommodate processes by establishing medical limitations or restrictions and identifying suitable positions within the organization to facilitate safe and sustainable return to work
- Linking employees with wellness resources and rehabilitation services as needed
- Providing leadership and coaching to management, human resources, union representatives and employees on disability management practices in order to determine work suitability, to mitigate employer/employee risk and provide consultation and expertise on policies relative to general and specific medical absences and rehabilitative issues
- Occupational Health Department
Occupational Health Advisor
Providence Health Care
01.2022 - 06.2024
- Company Overview: Occupational Health Department
- Managing employee sick leaves due medical reasons such as physical health conditions, mental health conditions and substance use disorders
- Collecting confidential medical information and interpreting information in order to support absences, establish return to work parameters, and provide effective case management
- Liaising with various stakeholders such as union representatives, managers, third party services providers, including WSBC representatives and Canada Life representatives
- Supporting employees through the duty to accommodate processes by establishing medical limitations or restrictions and identifying suitable positions within the organization to facilitate safe and sustainable return to work
- Linking employees with wellness resources and rehabilitation services as needed
- Providing leadership and coaching to management, human resources, union representatives and employees on disability management practices in order to determine work suitability, to mitigate employer/employee risk and provide consultation and expertise on policies relative to general and specific medical absences and rehabilitative issues
- Occupational Health Department
Occupational Therapist
Providence Health Care
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Providing rehabilitation services after a lower limb amputation, orthopedic surgery or stroke
- Educating patients on how to engage in daily tasks at a wheelchair level and using a prosthesis
- Providing comprehensive wheelchair assessments, assessing skin integrity, equipment prescription through MEPP for improved function and safety in home environment and increased accessibility, cognitive screening/testing
- Assessing functional status and supporting patients in accessing community supports required for discharge from hospital
- Providing transfer training, advocating for client centered care, providing education to promote health and wellness
Occupational Therapist-Contract
Fraser Health Authority
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Assessing function, providing education/therapy to increase function and safety, assessing cognitive and physical status, wheelchair assessments, advocating for client centered care, liaising with community stakeholders to establish care needs, providing education to promote health and wellness and prescribing equipment through MEPP for optimal discharge
Occupational Therapist-Contract
Providence Health Care
10.2019 - 05.2020
- Providing assessment, intervention and discharge planning for patients with multiple conditions such as cancer, fractures, acute renal failure, delirium, pneumonia, congestive heart failure, failure to cope, assessing skin integrity, equipment prescription through the MEPP for improved function and safety in home environment, cognitive screening/testing
- Assessing functional status and supporting patients in accessing community supports required for discharge from hospital
- Providing transfer training, advocating for client centered care, providing education to promote health and wellness
Education
Masters of Science - Occupational Therapy
University of Toronto
10.2022
Practicing (Full) -
College of Occupational Therapists in British Columbia (COTBC)
09.2019
Bachelor of Science -
Dalhousie Univerity
01-2016
Skills
- Change management skills
- Time management skills
- Teamwork skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Communication skills
- Stakeholder engagement skills
- Negotiation skills
- Project management Skills
- Knowledge of patient care delivery systems
- Proficiency with computer software
Licensing and Certifications
- Project Management Healthcare Certification, 02/01/24, SSGI
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, 03/01/25, SSGI
- College of Occupational Therapists in British Columbia (COTBC), 09/01/19, Practicing (Full)
- Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSc. OT), 10/01/22, University of Toronto
Timeline
Occupational Health Advisor-Team Lead
Providence Health Care
07.2024 - Current
Occupational Health Advisor
Providence Health Care
01.2022 - 06.2024
Occupational Therapist
Providence Health Care
10.2020 - 12.2020
Occupational Therapist-Contract
Fraser Health Authority
06.2020 - 08.2020
Occupational Therapist-Contract
Providence Health Care
10.2019 - 05.2020
Practicing (Full) -
College of Occupational Therapists in British Columbia (COTBC)
Masters of Science - Occupational Therapy
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Science -
Dalhousie Univerity
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