We are looking for an occupational therapist for home rehabilitation!

Welcome to our workplace!

At home rehabilitation in Rehab City Lidingö, we are nine employees who enjoy teamwork and making home visits.

We have been doing this for a long time and are very happy. Now we would like to add another occupational therapist.

With us, we create our own schedules and have flexible working hours.

We do most home visits together with a team colleague. We drive electric cars to most visits, but we also have access to bicycles, and sometimes we walk.

Rehab City Lidingö is part of the Stockholm County Healthcare Area, an organization that values creativity and development. At Rehab City Lidingö, we are over 25 employees consisting of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, chiropractors, speech therapists, social workers, nursing assistants, and administrators. We offer a workplace with knowledgeable colleagues, good collaboration, engagement, and an open environment. We are located in beautiful premises in Torsvik, near the Lidingö Bridge, about 2 minutes by bus from Ropsten subway station. We are keen on the latest knowledge and therefore invest in professional development and see it as important to have the opportunity to influence one's own work situation, including through flexible working hours and self-scheduling. The scenic Lidingö with calm traffic and many bike paths is part of our work environment. You can read more about us at Lidingö rehab (https://www.regionstockholm.se/lidingo-rehab).

We offer:

Within SLSO, there are good opportunities for you as an employee to develop and become really good in your profession. On our intranet, there is information for you as a new employee to support your introduction when you start with us. We have a number of mandatory training sessions, and in addition, there are further opportunities for professional development.

We also offer our employees benefits such as wellness compensation, free open healthcare, and occupational pension, etc. You can read more about this at Benefits at Stockholm County Healthcare Area (https://www.regionstockholm.se/formaner).

Job responsibilities:

The work is focused on home rehabilitation and includes examination, assessment, provision of assistive devices, and treatment/rehabilitation of patients of all ages with varying diagnoses. In home rehab, you help people become as independent as possible in their daily lives. You primarily work in a team with a physiotherapist or dietitian. Below are some examples of occupational therapist-specific tasks:

• Individual assessments and training in ADL activities
• Functional and activity assessments in connection with dementia investigations
• Cognitive assessments and prescriptions of cognitive aids
• Assessment of housing adaptations and writing certificates
• Collaboration with relatives, other healthcare providers, home care services, and housing adaptation administrators

Supervision of students is included in the assignment. Documentation is done in the Take Care journal system.

Employment form:

Permanent employment, full-time 100%. Start date by agreement. A probationary period may be applied.

Qualifications:

• Licensed occupational therapist
• A driving license is required as we travel by car to home visits
• Experience and/or interest in neurology is an advantage
• As you work in patients' homes, you cannot be allergic to pets, smoking, strong odors, and other allergens that may occur.

Personal qualities:

We place great importance on professional treatment of both patients and employees. Planning and coordination are familiar concepts for you; you are comfortable working independently and making your own decisions. Qualities that are good to have in this position are attentiveness, flexibility, and innovative thinking.

A good and respectful approach to patients, relatives, and colleagues, as well as the ability to share knowledge and information, is of utmost importance. We place great emphasis on personal suitability and that you fit into the workgroup.

Other information:

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

Welcome with your application! The position will be filled provided that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

In patient-related work within the Stockholm County Healthcare Area:

• background checks are applied before hiring decisions according to current guidelines.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment medical examination, according to current directives, which is done through occupational health services 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 certification. The same requirements apply to non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

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

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