Occupational Therapist to Borlänge Municipality

Borlänge Municipality's rehabilitation team is a cheerful group that supports each other and is now looking for you who want to be part of our good work environment. We are currently seeking two occupational therapists primarily for ordinary housing.

As an occupational therapist with us, you will help create conditions for patients to live as independently, actively, and meaningfully as possible through rehabilitation, training, and assistive device prescriptions.

You will join a workplace with broad expertise, a forward-thinking attitude, and great opportunities to influence your workday. In addition, you will have close cooperation with other occupational therapists and physiotherapists, as well as support from MAR, rehabilitation assistants, and administrators.

The municipality's rehabilitation activities are broad and include home healthcare, special housing, short-term housing, and disability care. You will have a varied, developing, and enjoyable work environment where you can take a lot of personal responsibility, while always having colleagues who are there to support you.

As a new employee, you will participate in our introduction program with mentorship. Your introduction will be tailored individually to your needs. The standard length of the introduction is four weeks. All to ensure you have a great start with us, feel comfortable, and secure.

We offer a range of benefits for you as an employee in Borlänge Municipality, including internal training, flexible working hours, and wellness grants.

Our values surely attract you!

• I am here for the residents of Borlänge
• I enjoy challenges
• I meet every person with openness

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Together with the team, create conditions for the patient to live as independently, actively, and meaningfully as possible through rehabilitation, training, and assistive device prescriptions.

In the role of occupational therapist, you will work with the patient to find the best ways to utilize their own abilities in daily life. You will support and motivate individuals to develop and maintain their mobility. Your tasks include:

• Assessing and evaluating the need for rehabilitation
• Testing, adapting, prescribing, and following up on assistive devices
• Guiding and educating staff, relatives, and other professionals
• Conducting activity assessments in the home environment
• Contributing to and participating in the ongoing development of the organization
• Collaborating with other stakeholders and authorities involved with the residents of Borlänge
• Writing certificates, such as housing adaptation certificates

You will have close collaboration and direct proximity to your colleagues.

QUALIFICATIONS

The following is required for the role:

• You must be a licensed Occupational Therapist
• Driver's license B (Manual)
• Good communication skills in the Swedish language, both spoken and written, for documentation and communication with colleagues, healthcare staff, patients, and relatives

Meritorious:

• Experience in municipal health and medical care

For the position to suit you, you should:

• Be able to prioritize and see the needs of the patient
• Enjoy meeting different patients and new situations
• Be collegial and able to see the whole organization
• Enjoy teamwork
• Be able to work independently
• Be solution-oriented
• Be flexible

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.

A background check will be conducted before employment.

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

OTHER

In connection with the interview, you as a candidate need to present proof of citizenship in Sweden/EU/EES or a valid work permit.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Borlänge Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the link and not in any other way.

Welcome with your application!

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