Occupational Therapist to Ekerö Rehab

Stockholm County Council, Rehab West

Job Facts

• Scope: Full-time
• Duration: Temporary position with the possibility of extension within Rehab West
• Employment Type: Temporary employment

About the Job

Do you want to be part of our fantastic team? We are looking for someone who is driven and enjoys working in a team with other professionals.

We are looking for someone who primarily wants to work in our home rehabilitation team consisting of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and dietitians. Knowledge of hand rehabilitation is a merit. Our clinic is centrally located in beautiful Ekerö. Rehab West is an independent results unit within Stockholm County Council with the mission to conduct primary care rehabilitation in the western suburbs and an additional assignment for the neuro team in outpatient care. Our clinics are located in Bromma, Ekerö, Kista, and Spånga. In our organization, occupational therapists, dietitians, physiotherapists, chiropractors, receptionists, social workers, and speech therapists work together, totaling about 70 employees. You can read more about us at Ekerö rehab.

We Offer:

We offer a workplace with competent, positive, and driven colleagues who together create the conditions to improve our patients' quality of life. Our work is characterized by enthusiasm and great commitment!

In our organization, we actively work for a good work environment and a developing learning environment. A healthy lifestyle and a good balance between work and private life are obvious to us! Therefore, we invest in professional development, flexible working hours, a generous wellness allowance, the opportunity for wellness during work hours, and free healthcare. You can read more about this at Benefits at Stockholm County Council (https://www.regionstockholm.se/jobb).

Job Responsibilities:

In home rehabilitation, you will meet and treat patients in their homes and conduct home visits both individually and primarily in teams with a physiotherapist or dietitian. The tasks include:

• Activity and function assessment/investigation/training, advice, and support for self-care
• Prescription of aids and information about products and technology
• Assessment of housing and surrounding environment and environmental measures, e.g., housing adaptation
• Collaboration with other healthcare providers, guiding and supporting relatives and healthcare staff, and supervising students
• Documentation is done in the TakeCare journal system

Employment Type:

Temporary employment in Ekerö with the possibility of extension within Rehab West starting May/June 2025 or as agreed. Full-time 100% 40 hours/week.

Qualifications:

• Licensed occupational therapist
• Experience in primary care is a merit as well as a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or other further education
• Driving license B

Personal Qualities:

We place great emphasis on personal suitability, which means that you:

• Enjoy working in a team and find it easy to collaborate across professional boundaries
• Are responsible and combine independent work with good collaboration skills
• Are flexible, have good communication skills
• Are attentive, stress-resistant, service-oriented
• Have a positive attitude towards development and renewal of work.

When working in the patient's home, you must be able to be in environments with pets and not be sensitive to smoke odors.

Additional Information:

Information about the position can be obtained from:

• Unit Manager: Malin Åkerljung, Tel: 08-123 390 85
• Union Representative: Swedish Occupational Therapists, Michael Sahlin, Tel: 08-507 488 82

We will continuously review applications and may call for interviews before the application deadline.

Warm welcome with your application! The position is filled under the condition that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to applicable regulations.

In patient-related work within Stockholm County Council:

• background checks are applied before the decision on employment according to current guidelines.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment examination, according to current directives, which is done through occupational health care before employment.
• good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required, in addition to Swedish professional licensing. The same requirements apply to non-licensed staff with patient contact.

Stockholm County Council (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer health and medical care under the auspices of Region Stockholm in psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, habilitation, and health as well as aids. In collaboration with Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. https://www.slso.sll.se/ (https://www.slso.sll.se/).

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