Uddevalla – a place for life

Welcome to become a part of our growing municipality - and to work with us to provide our residents with even better service.

We offer an attractive workplace that gives you great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow - throughout their entire working life. We also want to develop as an employer and actively work to make the best use of your knowledge and commitment. We appreciate and encourage co-creation from everyone.

Uddevalla municipality is a beautiful place by the sea in the heart of Bohuslän. We believe in an open and positive interaction between the municipality, education, business, and culture.

We hope you will enjoy working with us!

About us

We now need to expand our team with an additional rehabilitation assistant to meet the transition of municipal primary care!

The rehabilitation unit is part of the Health and Medical Care and Prevention area in Uddevalla municipality.

We are responsible for rehabilitation for individuals enrolled in municipal primary care, both in regular housing, in care and nursing homes, in short-term units, and within basic habilitation. Our team includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation assistants, and assistive technology technicians. The unit is located at Rosenhäll in Uddevalla, with good train and bus connections. We offer you stimulating and meaningful work tasks in a positive work environment.

Your responsibilities

• Conduct training with patients as prescribed by licensed personnel
• Work closely with physiotherapist and occupational therapist colleagues, nursing staff, unit managers, nurses, and assistive technology technicians
• Instruct, educate, and guide nursing staff
• On behalf of licensed personnel, assemble, install, adapt, and test simpler assistive devices
• Be responsible for the assistive device storage and administer in WebSesam
• Document in the operational system Lifecare
• Staff the unit's phone during its opening hours
• Perform simpler administrative and office tasks

The work is physically demanding.

We are looking for someone with

• Experience working with the elderly and/or individuals with disabilities
• The ability to work independently and take responsibility
• The ability to work in a team and collaborate with other healthcare personnel
• Knowledge of assistive devices and training programs

Qualifications

• Education in nursing or other relevant education
• Driving license B is a requirement
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written, is required
• Knowledge of the rehabilitation process and the ability to evaluate patients' progress
• Good communication skills in both spoken and written form, as well as the ability to instruct basic staff
• Experience in training staff and/or presenting to groups

Specialist training or professional experience in rehabilitation is an advantage.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

For us, health work is important, and therefore we apply smoke-free working hours and have a well-regarded flexible working hours agreement. All employees are offered wellness grants and have the opportunity for a wellness hour per week.

What does our recruitment process look like?

• Selection and interviews take place continuously during the application period based on the needs of the operations.
• We use language assessment in our recruitment process
• You must provide a reference to your current or most recent manager, supervisor with name, phone number, and email address.
• You must submit a criminal record extract before you can start an employment.

We will request an extract to verify your own information in the criminal record, please remember to request this in good time, as the processing time can be up to 14 days.

Check your information in the criminal record (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/kontrollera-dina-uppgifter-i-belastningsregistret/)

You are welcome to submit your application!

For positions where a license/valid proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare of a protected professional title is required, this must be submitted before employment.

Language assessment is conducted for certain professional groups before employment can be considered.

Criminal record checks are conducted for all employment within the social services.

For employment within HVB operations, the HVB home extract is requested.

For employment in services aimed at children with disabilities, extracts for children with disabilities and verification of own information are requested.

For other employment within social services, the extract for verification of own information is requested.

If the extract is not digital, it must be brought in an unopened envelope during the verification.

Criminal record - request extract www.polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret (www.polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret)

Employment occurs on the condition that necessary decisions are made. For positions where the work involves direct and regular contact with children and youth, as well as for operations within LSS, care and nursing, health and medical care, psychiatric care, and addiction care, a valid extract from the police's criminal record must be presented or submitted before employment. Please note that it may take time to obtain the extract, so order it in good time to avoid delays in the recruitment process.

When you apply for a job with us, your application is saved. This is because we are a public entity. Your application becomes a public document when we have received it. This means that application documents and information about who has applied for a position can be requested by anyone.

If you have a protected identity, you should not submit your application digitally but contact the person listed as the contact person in the ad.

For those who are not citizens of the EU/EES area, a work permit is required; this does not apply to those with permanent residence permits. The work permit must be presented at the interview.

The link below contains gathered information about the most important benefits available in the collective agreement we have in Uddevalla municipality. The information covers, among other things, vacation, salary and compensation, parental leave, insurance, skills development, and pension.

Collective agreement 2024 (https://extra.skr.se/download/18.18f9f5a61926b4a1e532618/1728397193467/Sag-hej-till-ditt-kollektivavtal-2024.pdf)

We kindly but firmly request no direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of additional job advertisements.