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Welcome to the Department of Health and Social Care. We provide support and care for the elderly and for people with disabilities. Our goal is for them to be able to live as active and independent a life as possible.

The Department of Health and Social Care is one of Sweden's largest employers within municipal care and social services. Approximately 7,500 employees work here based on our core values – making a difference, working together, and welcoming innovation. Here you have great opportunities to take personal responsibility, develop, and contribute your skills. We strive for an organizational culture characterized by mutual trust and pride in our operations.

For more information about what it is like to work in Uppsala Municipality, visit https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/ (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/)

Within the Department of Health and Social Care, full-time employment is the norm. This means that all permanent employees are fundamentally employed on a full-time basis. More information about what this entails in this specific role will be provided during a potential interview. Personal assistants are exempt from the full-time norm.

1 position(s).

Are you a licensed occupational therapist looking for meaningful work where you can truly make a difference in people's daily lives? Do you thrive working with varied and sometimes complex patient cases that require both independence and professional competence? Then this might be the right position for you.

We are now looking for you who want to become part of our dedicated team and work as an occupational therapist in home care for individuals with decisions regarding personal assistance. Warmly welcome your application!

Our workplace is located at Fyrisborgsgatan 1, from where we conduct home visits. On the same floor, you will find all licensed staff from the Social Care Board, which creates excellent conditions for close collaboration. The shared premises offer unique opportunities for contact, experience sharing, and development work, both within and between different professions.

Proximity to colleagues facilitates daily work and makes it easy to meet in professional groups, interprofessional teams, and various forums for joint development and training.

Working hours are weekdays 07:30–16:00. We work with trust-based flexible hours.

Job Description

As an Occupational Therapist with us, you are responsible for investigation, assessment, and treatment within your area of expertise. You conduct individual activity assessments and analyze how environmental factors affect the patient's daily life and functional capacity.

A central part of your work is supporting the patient's activity capacity by adapting both activities and the environment. This is done, among other things, through testing and prescribing both physical and cognitive aids.

You actively participate in the discharge process from inpatient care and work preventively, to maintain activity, and to increase activity to contribute to improved health and quality of life for our patients.

The work is carried out in close collaboration with physiotherapists and nurses, where you together form an important team around the patient.

The role also includes supervising and instructing patients, relatives, nursing staff, and students.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who:

• Are a licensed Occupational Therapist
• Have a valid B-class driver's license
• Have good command of the Swedish language, both spoken and written
• Experience within municipal healthcare is considered an advantage.

We are looking for someone who can work independently and has the courage to act according to your own convictions in your professional role. You take responsibility for your tasks, are confident in your assessments, and can drive your work forward. At the same time, you are proactive; you initiate activities and work purposefully to achieve results in patient care. Since the work involves close collaboration with others, it is important that you have good teamwork skills, work well with other people, relate to them in a listening and flexible manner, and communicate and resolve situations constructively. We also look for you to have a well-developed empathetic ability to put yourself in the shoes of patients and relatives without taking over their feelings, which is crucial in meeting our patients in home care.

Information

If you have questions about the position, contact: Gunilla Myrberg, Operations Manager, 018-7278092

Union Representative: Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists, Eva-Carin Lindgren, 018-727 84 93.

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application or the recruitment process, contact the recruitment unit: 018-7263994

We will request a certificate of good conduct (extract from the criminal record) before an employment offer can be made.

In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the obligation to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, as required by the Aliens Ordinance.

Employment with Uppsala Municipality may involve being placed on the war establishment (crisis management role).

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment Type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.