OT & PT Contracting across Alberta

Many rural sites have difficulty hiring quality OTs and PTs. Small rehab teams become devastated and over-stretched when an essential position remains un-filled. Clients go unserved. Caseloads and wait lists soon become unacceptable and care standards are unmet.

We offer a solution. By providing fair remuneration for the therapist and high value for the rural sites, a perfect win-win relationship is formed!

Many schedules, lifestyles, family situations, and degrees of availability can be accommodated.

Because the rural sites usually require travel from an urban center, we are committed to provide a block of clinical time in order to achieve our high-value standard. Ideally an 8-hour clinical day can be offered to the sites. Often multiple days per week are requested by the site, so we tailor the contracts and schedules to provide the most value for the site and most convenient schedule for the therapist.

When you work for us, we make it work for you!

In most cases, YES! Each contract is negotiated individually but we do our utmost to find a fair balance of value and fairness of compensation.

We negotiate competitive remuneration for your travel time AND mileage. It’s often mutually beneficial to stay overnight rather than to travel back to an urban center, so accommodation expenses can be reimbursed.

Lifemax OT currently focuses on serving North Zone and Central Zone of AHS but we are available Alberta-wide. We hold contracts with Covenant Health and Extendicare and other independent residential care communities. We are constantly seeking out new contracts and educating site managers of the availability of our services. If you know of a site that requires OT or PT, we are eager to establish new relationships and serve new communities.

Most contracts require mostly on-site clinical time. In some cases there are remote working opportunities such as documentation, administrative clinical follow-ups or virtual assessments, but these are most often at the discretion of the site manager and negotiated after the working relationship is well established. We work hard to facilitate a mutually agreeable arrangement that meets everyones’ needs.

Pay ranges from $45 to $65 per hour PLUS travel time and mileage. Each contract with the therapist is negotiated individually. We compensate well for proven experience, essential skill sets, increased availability, reliability, and other factors.

Contracting offers particular opportunities to compound higher rates of pay, increased hours per day, fewer deductions, and lower tax rates. The result is compounded advantages for vastly increased after-tax take home pay.

There are options for both independent contractor arrangements as well as traditional employment opportunities with Lifemax OT. Call us to learn which partnership is the best fit for you.

a) Must be fully licensed to practice in Alberta without supervision.

b) Willing and able to travel to the site(s) to meet the contracted hours of service.

c) If an independent contractor, services must be provided under an incorporated Alberta business license.

d) Most sites require that the contractor is not also employed elsewhere by the same company (e.g. an AHS employee in Edmonton can not be a contractor at an AHS rural site).

e) Meet specific contracted requirements such as a Criminal Record Check, vaccinations, infection control procedures, Confidentiality agreements, insurance, adherence to site policy, etc.

• Since 2009 we have provided services to more than 30 Alberta communities!
• As of 2022, we are currently serving in more than a dozen communities, including all service streams (Acute care, Homecare, LTC, outpatients, Supportive Living). And we’re growing!
• Lifemax OT has worked with contractors of every demographic, from semi-retired to new grads; from experienced specialists to those looking to expand their horizons; from new moms coming off mat leave to empty nesters. We will work with you so that it fits perfectly with your desired career path and home situation. It’s not “one size fits all”, it’s a bespoke career suited to you!