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Do you want to specialize within your profession while maintaining a broad scope? Here you will find a learning work environment where you, regardless of years in the profession, have good opportunities to develop. We have experienced colleagues and short decision-making paths, making it easy to anchor new ideas. Several of our colleagues have returned to the workplace because they appreciate the operational area's way of working.

Health professions is a broad operational area comprising occupational therapists, dietitians, health promotion consultants, physiotherapists, counselors, speech therapists, psychologists, and care planners. Our unit managers have shared roles and are therefore well anchored in the clinic. The operation has won the region's Golden Apple award on two occasions, which is given to recognize developmental initiatives both among management and staff.

Occupational Therapist to Palliative Ward and ASIH at Södertälje Hospital

As an occupational therapist with us, you are part of a small group of occupational therapists, two of whom work within ASIH (Advanced Home Care) and on our palliative ward. Some of our other occupational therapists, who are your colleagues, work in inpatient care and some in outpatient care. In the group of occupational therapists, we help each other across wards as part of our way of working. You have daily close collegial collaboration with both occupational therapists and physiotherapists, and you will work both on our palliative ward and in patients' home environments where you follow up on your patients.

In your work, you will meet people with severe illnesses, primarily cancer but also other diseases. Based on your meetings and in your planning with patients on the ward and in the home environment, you take responsibility for and carry out occupational therapy interventions. You make home visits during your working days, and your tasks include mapping patients' activity capacity and housing, assessing needs for and testing out assistive devices, as well as assessing needs for housing adaptations. You start from the patient's needs and address them through energy-saving activities or other interventions the patient needs. Your tasks include collaboration with the patient and their relatives/next of kin, collaboration with PVA and ASIH professions, our discharge team, and other parts of the rehabilitation chain.

We regularly supervise students, and this is included in the tasks of an occupational therapist with us.

Your personal qualities:

We are looking for you who are secure and stable, with personal maturity and a curious approach. You find it easy to collaborate with others and also enjoy working independently. You are professional and empathetic in your handling and actions. You are a skilled problem solver and good at prioritizing in your work, as meetings with patients, tasks, and working days look different from day to day and can vary between the ward and the home environment.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability in this recruitment.

Your qualifications:

Requirements:

• You are a licensed Occupational Therapist with the right to practice in Swedish healthcare.
• Professional experience as an occupational therapist.

Employment type:

Permanent position.

Here is what one of our occupational therapists working on PVA/ASIH says:

"The small things in the big picture make such a big difference in my work with our seriously ill patients. It means they can often continue to be independent for a little longer, and many express that it is so valuable for them to receive this help."

Your hospital through your career:

We are proud to be a medium-sized emergency hospital with short decision-making paths and present managers. We have a supportive culture that gives you the opportunity to grow in your role and take on new challenges. We have approximately 1,300 employees.

Employment benefits:

• Health and fitness allowance
• Staff gym, indoor and outdoor
• Health and fitness discounts
• Compensation for healthcare visits
• More vacation days after turning 40
• Compensation during parental leave

Read more about additional benefits on our web: Our Benefits (sodertaljesjukhus.se) (https://www.sodertaljesjukhus.se)

You get to Södertälje Hospital by commuter train, bus, or car. We have a bicycle garage for those who want to cycle here. For those living in Stockholm, the direct bus from Liljeholmen may be the fastest option; search for Polhemsgatan (Södertälje) in the SL app.

Your hospital through life:

We often say that we are "Your hospital through life," because we are here for our patients during all stages of life. We offer specialist care within internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, urology, obstetrics-gynecology, pediatrics, geriatrics, palliative care, and ASIH. Our emergency department and maternity ward are open 24/7. We also have extensive radiological operations. Here you will find secure and accessible healthcare. We are part of Region Stockholm.

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