Department of Geriatrics, Rehabilitation and Pain Center

We are Uppsala University Hospital – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a regional hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer services to two million people in Central Sweden. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother is operated on, a colleague is celebrated as a hero. With us, you will experience both tough challenges and fantastic events, in a strong community with colleagues. See parts of our reality in our photo exhibition; akademiskafotoutstallning.se (http://akademiskafotoutstallning.se). Welcome with your application!

Our operations

The Department of Geriatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, and Pain Center consists of four sections: Health Professions, Geriatrics, Pain Center, and Rehabilitation Medicine. All sections are characterized by well-functioning interprofessional collaboration, something we are very proud of. We want you to feel welcome with us; as a newcomer, you will be offered mentoring, an introduction program, and professional networks. We are experts in rehabilitation but always strive to become even better. As part of this, there is a strong focus on research and progress, both within and outside the hospital. As an employee, you are an important part of this; it is natural for you to want to develop and drive the operations forward.

We are now looking for you, a licensed occupational therapist, who wants to work with us in the health professions department within geriatrics. The placement is within geriatric inpatient care and is divided between two departments with close collaboration, which means close collegial exchange and support.

Your mission

You will work with occupational therapy assessment and treatment based on the occupational therapy process. Your main placement will be in the ortogeriatric department 30B, but you will also be introduced to geriatric acute care. In the department, you will be one of two occupational therapists and part of a skilled health professional team consisting of physiotherapists, a dietitian, and a social worker who support and help each other while you will also work independently. You have an important task to investigate, initiate rehabilitation, and report further to the next level of care. Together with the team, you will assess and train the patient's activity and functional ability as well as cognition. Testing and prescribing assistive devices are also part of the job duties.

The geriatrics department provides a broad range of care and treatment that spans from acute management to rehabilitation and discharge planning. Here, elderly patients over 65 years old are treated, often with multiple underlying diseases. In the ortogeriatric department, patients are treated after orthopedic surgery, both elective and trauma surgery, as well as vascular surgery.

The work will also involve close contact with patients and their relatives, staff, and other partners, which places high demands on collaboration skills, approach, and flexibility. As we are a university hospital, all positions include mentoring our future colleagues who are in training.

Your qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed occupational therapist. If you have previous experience working in geriatrics or orthopedics, that is something we value, but we also welcome you as a recent graduate. We offer, for example, individual clinical supervision.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. You should have a good ability to collaborate unconditionally with different professions, good organizational skills, a good ability to express yourself in speech and writing, and an interest in development work. You should feel comfortable making independent decisions and prioritizing among tasks.

We offer

We offer a permanent position at 100% with a start date according to agreement. As an occupational therapist with us, you will be part of a professional network at the hospital and have opportunities for further development both internally and externally. A probationary period may be applied.

With us, you will receive benefits that make a difference; read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/jobba-hos-oss/bli-var-nya-kollega/formaner/).

Want to know more?

Department Manager Ellinore Svensson 018- 611 97 34
Union representative for Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter can be reached via the switchboard, 018-611 00 00

Do you want to work with us?

Welcome with your application via the link below. Selection and interviews are ongoing, and employment may occur before the application deadline, so do not wait to send in your application.

Region Uppsala values the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to the organization and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala places all permanent staff in accordance with the needs of total defense. This means that for the individual employee, there are no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a decision on employment, a check of suspicion and criminal records will be conducted regarding all applicants who may work in psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers.

This recruitment is conducted entirely by Region Uppsala, and we kindly ask recruitment companies and advertisement sellers not to contact us.