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We are now looking for a licensed occupational therapist who wants to work in a team in patients' homes and local environments.

The position includes home rehabilitation but may periodically involve service in our neuro team. You should be interested in working in an organization that is changing, being involved in, and seeing opportunities for development.

We offer a workplace with competent, positive, and driven colleagues who together create conditions to improve our patients' quality of life. Our work is characterized by enthusiasm and great commitment!

Rehab Västra includes four clinics in Västerort: Bromma, Kista, Spånga, and Ekerö. Our mission is primary care rehabilitation within Vårdvalet, which means outpatient work, home visits, equipment assessments, and team-based home rehabilitation.

In the organization, there are dietitians, physiotherapists, chiropractors, and receptionists. Our clinic in Spånga also has the additional assignment to run a neuro team with a speech therapist, social worker, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists. The mission is to provide rehabilitation for individuals who have recently suffered a stroke and individuals with other acquired neurological injuries or diseases. The team's catchment area is all of Västerort. You can read more about us at Spånga rehab (https://www.regionstockholm.se/jobb).

Job Responsibilities

Rehabilitation primarily takes place in the patient's home and its local environment but also at the clinic for individual treatment and/or in groups.

As an occupational therapist in primary care, home rehab, you meet patients of all ages and from different cultures. The patients have a variety of diseases and problems. The work requires broad competence and independence. Some activities are carried out in teams with other professional groups.

The job responsibilities include:

• Activity and function assessment/investigation/training, advice and support on self-care, prescribing assistive devices and information about products and technology, assessment of housing and nearby environments, and environmental measures such as housing adaptation.
• Collaborate with other healthcare providers, guide and support relatives and healthcare staff, and supervise students.

The target group in the neuro team is patients who are newly or recurrently affected by stroke and patients with other acquired brain injuries or neurological diseases who have been assessed within the neurology clinics' inpatient or outpatient care. The interventions are carried out in close collaboration with the patient's relatives and other healthcare providers. The job responsibilities include, in addition to assessment and treatment, also the testing of assistive devices.

Employment Form

Permanent employment starting by agreement. Full-time 40 hours/week. A probationary period may apply.

Qualifications

• Licensed occupational therapist
• Driver's license B
• Experience in primary care is an advantage, as well as having a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or other further education
• Clinical experience with patients with neurological disabilities is an advantage

Personal Qualities

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

• Enjoy working in a team and find it easy to collaborate across professional boundaries
• Are responsible and combine independent work with good collaboration skills
• Are flexible, have good communication skills
• Are attentive, stress-resistant, service-oriented
• Have a positive attitude towards the development and renewal of work

When working in the patient's home, you must be able to cope with environments with pets and not be sensitive to smoke odors.

Additional Information:

If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or previous manager if you are considered for employment.

Selection is ongoing during the advertising period, and interviews may begin before the application deadline has passed, so we encourage you to submit your application today.

Welcome with your application. The position will be filled on the condition that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to applicable regulations.

For patient-related work within the Stockholm County healthcare area:

• background checks will be applied before the employment decision according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during employment.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment medical examination, according to applicable directives, which is done through occupational health services before employment.
• in addition to Swedish professional licensing, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements are guiding for 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. https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/ (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/)

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