Vacant job

Through our core values of courage, tolerance, and creativity, we in Uppvidinge Municipality work to provide good service and develop essential community functions for our residents, visitors, and businesses. Uppvidinge Municipality is the largest employer in the municipality with approximately 800 employees. We want our employees to feel a strong sense of participation and there should be room for flexibility and development.

We offer a meaningful job where together we have the opportunity to truly make a difference for the municipality's residents. Welcome with your application and welcome to a municipality with a thriving business community, a rich association life, and proximity to nature!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Tasks

The transition to Good and Close Care involves a focus on person-centered care where the individual’s needs are at the center, as well as close collaboration with primary and hospital care.

We are currently looking for a temporary occupational therapist or physiotherapist who wants to help shape municipal rehabilitation together with other employees in the municipal rehab and health and medical care department. You will work in a team with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and assistive technology specialists. The work also involves close collaboration with nurses, care staff, and unit managers.

As an occupational therapist, you are part of the Health and Medical Care Department and perform rehabilitation efforts, training, health-promoting, and preventive measures for our citizens throughout the municipality. In your role as an occupational therapist/physiotherapist, you are responsible for assessments and planning interventions based on the individual's needs. You are also responsible for the testing and prescription of assistive devices.

You will have a varied and stimulating job by performing daily tasks while also developing them for tomorrow's challenges. We also want you to be involved in developing collaborations with other professionals in the organization such as care staff, nurses, and case managers, where preventive and promoting measures are a central part of our future perspective to safeguard independent living for the individual.

We offer you a diverse and enjoyable job where no day is the same, and you will come to a team where we help and support each other; there is always someone to bounce ideas off and seek help from.

We hope you want to become a part of our team and together with us develop the future of health and wellness!

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

Licensed occupational therapist or licensed physiotherapist.

Experience in municipal operations is an advantage.

We would like you to feel secure in your professional role and have good collaboration skills.

A driver's license is a requirement.

OTHER

If you are considered for employment, the employer will request an extract from the criminal record. The municipal council has decided that all new hires must present a criminal record extract before employment. The extract to be presented is the one for work in schools or preschools.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Uppvidinge Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format.

In preparation for the recruitment work, Uppvidinge Municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.