Occupational Therapist Wanted at Dalen Hospital

Are you an occupational therapist with a few years of experience? Do you want a flexible, developing, and challenging job? Do you enjoy working with generous and helpful colleagues? Do you want to contribute to improving the quality of life for our patients? Then you should apply to us!

We are located at Dalen Hospital in Enskede with good communication via both subway and bus.

We are part of SLSO, Stockholm County's healthcare area, and together with the units in Södermalm, Farsta, and Högdalen, we are tasked with providing primary care rehabilitation. We have occupational therapists, dietitians, physiotherapists, chiropractors, speech therapists, social workers, and administrative staff. In total, we are about 130 employees! Here at Dalen, over 30 people work, of which 8 are occupational therapists.

Job Responsibilities:

The current position is primarily within home rehabilitation in a team with a physiotherapist. Home visits also occur, as well as visits to the assistive technology center. If you have interest and competence, work at our clinic may also be an option, e.g., for memory assessments, structural support, activity ability assessments, or motor assessments for children.

As an occupational therapist in primary care, you will meet patients of all ages with a wide variety of diagnoses, functional, and activity impairments. No day is the same!

We Offer:

• Regular internal training.
• Flexible hours and the ability to manage your working hours.
• A secure employment through collective agreements and insurance.
• Individual salary setting.
• Free healthcare up to the high-cost threshold.
• Wellness during work hours and a wellness allowance of 5,000 SEK/year.

Qualifications:

• Licensed occupational therapist with a bachelor's degree.
• Preferably experience working in primary care, work ability assessments, memory assessments, and/or structural support.
• Driver's license required as home visits are usually conducted with our cars.

Personal Attributes:

We place great importance on your personal qualities, which means that you:

• Enjoy challenges and development.
• Have a good ability to prioritize and structure your work.
• Can vary your working methods, e.g., between independent work and teamwork.
• Are attentive and good at communicating and collaborating.
• Enjoy working together.
• Are willing to share your knowledge with both patients and colleagues.
• Find it easy to create new contacts and have great meetings with both patients and colleagues.
• Are solution-oriented and a bit inventive.

Since we work in the patient's home, you must be able to be in environments with pets and not be sensitive to smoke.

Employment Type:

Permanent, full-time 40 hours/week with flexible working hours. Start date February 2026 or by agreement. A probationary period may apply.

Additional Information:

Interviews are conducted continuously during the application period, and the position may be filled before the application deadline.

Warm welcome to your application!

The position is filled under the condition that it does not need to be used for internal relocation, according to applicable regulations.

For patient-related work within Stockholm County's healthcare area:

• Background checks are applied before hiring decisions according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during employment.
• Employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment health examination, according to applicable directives, which is done through occupational health services before employment.
• In addition to Swedish professional certification, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements apply to non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

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

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