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Description

The Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy for children currently consists of 5 occupational therapists, 13 physiotherapists, and two rehabilitation assistants, and is located at Drottning Silvia's Children's Hospital.

The unit is part of the Neurology Psychiatry for Children department and serves as a referral center for departments and clinics within the Children's Hospital and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUP). The unit conducts assessments and treatments within somatic and psychiatric inpatient and outpatient care in collaboration with relevant clinics. Our patients are children and adolescents aged 0-18 years.

What can we offer you as an applicant?

We offer a developing job in a dynamic, positive, and well-functioning unit where clinical activities, education, research, and development work are conducted side by side.

We have a strong sense of community and share our knowledge, supporting each other in daily work. Upon hiring, we have an introduction program with an assigned mentor to ensure a solid foundation and a safe start.

Job Responsibilities

As an occupational therapist at the children's hospital, you will meet children and adolescents with a wide variety of diagnoses and needs. We see patients in both outpatient and inpatient care and collaborate with specialist clinics at the hospital, often working in multidisciplinary teams around patient groups. You will conduct initial visits with assessments, offer treatment, and follow-up. The unit is involved in follow-up programs for many different diagnosis groups and follows up using standardized assessment instruments. You will take independent responsibility for conducting assessments and treatments in line with available evidence and existing guidelines.

The current position includes, among other things, hand rehabilitation after surgery or trauma, scar treatment, and work with inpatient care. Other patient groups or departments may also occur; the distribution of tasks will be discussed during the appointment process and planned during the introduction.

Qualifications

We are looking for a licensed occupational therapist with professional experience working with children and adolescents. Your personal qualities are characterized by curiosity, good organizational skills, teamwork ability, and a desire to learn and develop new knowledge. You enjoy working in a team and should be comfortable working flexibly and independently. Since the position involves daily contact with many different people, high social competence and a good attitude are required. In this recruitment, we will consider personal suitability.

Welcome with your application!

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in the development to learn new things.

Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in reserve for military service.

If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link here (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation here (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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