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Occupational Therapist in Malmö – Make a Difference in a Meaningful Everyday Life

Do you want to become part of an organization where you have the opportunity to develop, influence, and make a difference together with engaged colleagues?

Here, you work in close cross-professional collaboration where knowledge, participation, and innovation are valued. We offer varied and meaningful work in an organization that puts the person at the center and provides you with good conditions to grow in your professional role.

Responsibilities

In the role of Occupational Therapist in Malmö City, you create good conditions for individuals to live as independent a life as possible. Here, you are part of a team where you collaborate with nurses, physiotherapists, and care staff, and participate in care planning. The work is based on the individual's needs, personal prerequisites, and participation.

As a licensed occupational therapist, you work with ADL (Activities of Daily Living) and activity assessments, as well as assessing, planning, and implementing rehabilitative measures. The role also includes supervising other staff in a rehabilitative approach and testing and prescribing technical aids when necessary.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed occupational therapist (180 ECTS credits) and want to contribute to a secure and meaningful everyday life for residents of Malmö in our care and nursing homes. The position requires good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, as well as good digital competence. Since the work involves traveling between different care and nursing homes, you must also be able to cycle.

As a person, you are proactive, flexible, and structured, seeing opportunities that lead to good holistic solutions. You contribute with innovative ideas and want to actively develop the operations. With good teamwork skills, you are communicative and relationship-building, have a listening and professional attitude, and can take a pedagogical and supervisory role in delegated tasks.

Experience working in care and nursing homes, within municipal operations, or in the occupational therapy field is meritorious.

The Workplace

Here, you become part of a competent and engaged rehab team where occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and rehab nursing assistants work closely together to provide Malmö residents with the best possible support and rehabilitation. We operate from our premises at Gasverksgatan 9, which is also the location for this position.

As a new employee, you will receive an introduction adapted to your previous experience and needs so that you feel secure in your role. You will also have the opportunity to develop continuously through Malmö City's wide range of courses, lectures, and training.

In the Health, Care, and Social Services Department, with our approx. 5,500 employees, we are Malmö City's second-largest department. We have the collective responsibility for Malmö's home care, nursing homes, meeting places, home healthcare, and rehabilitation, as well as the handling of assistance applications. Together, we create a dynamic and future-proof organization. An organization that can meet today's needs and future challenges. With engagement, curiosity, and heart, we make everyday life easier for tens of thousands of Malmö residents. Follow our exciting development on Facebook (https://sv-se.facebook.com/halsavardochomsorg/).

Malmö City's operations are organized into 14 departments. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable societal development. Together with the residents of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

Read about Malmö City as an employer here: malmo.se/jobb (http://www.malmo.se/jobb)

Information about the position

Employment type: Permanent position

Scope: 100%

Number of positions: 1

Start date: As agreed

Other

Please note that in Malmö City, we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, this for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you who are applying for a job with us. Your answers will become an important part of our selection work.

When you apply for a job with us, we will ask you to show an extract from the Police Record. You need to request an extract from the Police Record yourself, and you do this via a form that you can find on the police's website: Police Form (http://bit.ly/polisens-blankett).

Malmö City strives for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer meeting the needs of the residents of Malmö.

Malmö City has been a Finnish administrative area since 2015. This means that the municipality must inform about the rights of the Finnish minority, offer elderly care entirely or to a significant extent in Finnish, and promote the Finnish language and Finnish culture. It also means a right to use Finnish in contact with us in the municipality. Since Malmö City is a Finnish administrative area, it is meritorious if you can speak Finnish. We warmly welcome your application! / Tervetuloa hakemuksesi kanssa!