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Occupational Therapist - Forensic Psychiatry

Forensic Psychiatry at Löwenströmska Hospital is seeking an occupational therapist for a parental leave substitute position.

The Role

As an occupational therapist, you are expected to support patients in developing or maintaining the skills required to function in a meaningful daily life. Our patients often have a psychotic diagnosis and concurrent substance abuse. Our mission is focused on improving patient function and minimizing the consequences of the illness's impact on daily life. This is achieved through assessments of the patient's functional and activity capacity, as well as the planning and execution of functional and activity training. Rehabilitation targets self-care, housing, employment/education, and leisure.

The duties also include:

• Prescription of assistive devices, particularly cognitive aids
• Issuing statements regarding housing and employment
• Participation in rounds, risk assessments, and care planning
• Participation and collaboration in patient discharge, e.g., care planning with the municipality

The occupational therapists work closely with other healthcare staff such as nursing assistants, nurses, doctors, psychologists, and social workers. Therefore, you should be interested in teamwork and thrive working both independently and in a multidisciplinary team. As an occupational therapist, you also work closely with rehabilitation assistants and nursing assistants at our activity center.

We work with patients in both inpatient and outpatient care. Due to often long treatment periods, you have the opportunity to build a good rapport with the patient and thereby work towards achieving jointly set goals.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed occupational therapist. Experience from psychiatry is meritorious. You are accustomed to assessments and evaluations and can make independent decisions. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability, good collaboration skills, and having a well-considered ethical approach to work.

What can we offer you?

The position is a parental leave substitute, starting 2026-09-01 or according to agreement. Fixed-term employment until 2027-07-01.

We offer the opportunity to work at a workplace that provides space for personal and professional development at both an individual and group level. We offer a work environment where we together ensure that patients receive the best possible care. There are several occupational therapy colleagues at the workplace, and you will receive a thorough introduction, which we value so that you can do your work as well as possible. We offer a calm and secure work environment with a focus on safety aspects.

As an employer, we care about the health and well-being of our employees and offer, among other things, flexible working hours, a fitness hour, and an annual fitness allowance of 5,000 SEK. We are a thriving workplace with good morale, which is visible, among other things, in our employee survey.

Forensic Psychiatry in Region Stockholm

Forensic Care Stockholm provides forensic psychiatric care for patients from the entire Stockholm County and has approximately 550 employees distributed across two sections. The clinic has 15 wards and 2 outpatient clinics. The operations are spread across three facilities: Helix and Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, and Löwenströmska Hospital in Upplands Väsby, where there are 7 wards with a total of 108 inpatient beds and one outpatient clinic. There is also an activity center.

Our mission includes receiving individuals who, under the influence of a severe mental disorder, have committed crimes and have been committed to care by the court according to the Law on Forensic Psychiatric Care (LRV). Read more about us here: Forensic Care Stockholm.

Application

You apply for the position with a CV, cover letter, and a copy of your license. The clinic applies SLSO's guidelines for patient-close work, which means register checks against the criminal record and suspicion register, pre-employment medical examination, and alcohol and drug testing conducted through occupational health services before employment. Read more about SLSO here: Stockholm County Healthcare Services.

Selection for interviews takes place on an ongoing basis.

We strive for gender equality and fairness in our workplace and welcome applicants with different backgrounds and conditions.

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