Department of Geriatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Centre

We are Akademiska Sjukhuset – one of Sweden's leading university hospitals. As a county hospital and provider of highly specialized care, we offer healthcare to two million people in Central Sweden. Something is always happening here – a new life is born, a grandmother undergoes surgery, a colleague is hailed as a hero. Here, you will experience both tough challenges and fantastic events, within a strong community with your colleagues. We welcome your application!

Our Operations

The Department of Geriatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Centre is characterized by well-functioning interprofessional teams, which we are very proud of. Our department has a broad mandate where it is meaningful, exciting, and developmental to work. There are good opportunities to participate in development work and research; in our work, we translate new knowledge into care.

We want you to feel welcome here. As a new employee, you are offered supervision, an introduction program, and professional networks. We are experts in rehabilitation but always strive to become even better. As part of this, there is a strong focus on research and progress, both within and outside the hospital, where you as an employee are an important part of this.

Within the section for Health Professions, we are nine wards with staff covering the entire hospital within somatic adult care. We are now looking for a new colleague to the ward Health Professions Orthopedics & Hand Surgery. Here, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants, and counselors work within orthopedics and hand surgery. Our ward is characterized by a good community, high competence, and great engagement. We have several development projects underway, and we would be happy to see you grow in your role with us.

Your Role

We are now looking for an Occupational Therapist at 100%. The position involves clinical work on one of two orthopedic wards, 70 B, which largely handles planned care. There, you will be part of a large group of skilled and generous colleagues working within different orthopedic areas. You will have close collaboration with physiotherapists as well as with the occupational therapist on our other orthopedic ward, 70 A.

Together with the team on 70 B, you assess the patient's activity and functional capacity and gather information about the patient's living situation. You assess the need for assistive devices prior to discharge from the ward, such as wheelchair fittings and hygiene aids, and have contact with the region and municipality for handover reporting.

You are part of a staffing group with several occupational therapists who support each other during absences and jointly handle referrals. The role may include covering all parts of our operations within the Health Professions Orthopedics & Hand Surgery ward, as well as supervising students.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a licensed occupational therapist. We consider it meritorious if you have clinical experience working on a care ward, but even if you are new to your role, you are warmly welcome to apply.

Your Competence

Great importance is attached to personal suitability, good teamwork and organizational skills, ability to prioritize and work independently and patient-centered. As a person, you are flexible, structured, and solution-oriented, and enjoy working both independently and in a team, contributing your knowledge and competence.

In the work, you should be able to prioritize and manage your working time as care periods are usually short, and you schedule your time according to the patients' needs, which can vary from day to day.

We Offer

We offer a permanent position at 100% with start date as agreed. As an occupational therapist with us, you are part of professional networks at the hospital and have opportunities for further development both internally and externally. Probation may be applied.

With us, you get benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/ (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/)).

Want to know more?

Ward Manager Health Professions Orthopedics & Hand Surgery Maria Wennström, [email protected], 018-617 14 96 (returns after vacation w. 30)

Ward Manager Health Professions Geriatrics Ellinore Svensson, [email protected], 018-611 97 34 (w. 26-28)

Ward Manager Health Professions Medicine Jenny Wennersten, [email protected], 018-611 01 80 (w. 29)

Union contact person can be reached via the switchboard, 018-611 00 00

Do you want to work with us?

Welcome to submit your application via the link below. Interviews are planned to be held during w. 30-31, but interviews and appointments may take place continuously during the application period, so do not wait to submit your application.

Read about employment terms and salary setting within Region Uppsala here: Become our new colleague (https://regionuppsala.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-var-nya-kollega/)

Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to the operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different birth backgrounds, functionalities, and life experiences.

Region Uppsala mobilizes all permanent staff based on the needs of the total defense. This means no obligations for the individual employee in peacetime but is solely a planning measure.

Before a decision on employment, a check of suspicion and criminal records is conducted for all job seekers who in the sought employment may come to work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care for addicts, areas covered by optional record extracts. This thus applies to all who will work close to patients, even if the tasks at present are not intended to mainly contain work with the aforementioned patient groups.

This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala's efforts, and we decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and ad sales.