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Physiotherapist at the Red Cross Treatment Centre, based in Umeå and Luleå

The Swedish Red Cross Treatment Centre provides treatment to individuals with migrant backgrounds who have been traumatized by torture, war, or flight experiences. Currently, 10 staff members work at our clinics in Skellefteå, Luleå, and Umeå. We are now seeking two physiotherapists at 75% (or alternatively one at 100% and one at 50%) based at the clinics in Umeå and Luleå respectively.

We work in a team with psychologists, counselors, and physiotherapists, designing treatment plans based on the patient's conditions and needs. In addition to standard treatment with regular contacts, we also offer intensive treatment, group sessions, and digital visits when necessary. Our patients are adults and youth aged 16 and above, and we also maintain contact with adult relatives and children.

About the role

As a physiotherapist, you will conduct initial assessments of patients starting treatment and then plan your treatment interventions together with the patient and the rest of the team. You will have the opportunity to provide individual treatment, lead various types of groups, and collaborate with other healthcare providers. The role includes regular travel to Skellefteå.

In addition to patient work, the role involves development work, knowledge development, and knowledge dissemination. We collaborate with other treatment centres within the Swedish Red Cross and receive support from a competence centre linked to universities for research projects. Staff members regularly give lectures in various contexts to spread knowledge about war and torture trauma as well as migration stress. Employees with an interest in this area have the opportunity to apply for international training assignments.

We have regular supervision, treatment conferences every week, and offer opportunities for competence development. The operations are constantly evolving, and the role also offers the possibility of exchanging experience and knowledge with experienced colleagues from different professional groups within the entire Health and Care department, which currently has around 100 employees, as well as the opportunity to contribute to one of the world's leading crisis and disaster organizations.

About you

We are looking for someone who is/has:

• Licensed physiotherapist
• Experience with PTSD
• Experience and interest in working with our target group
• Experience in treatment work, preferably also in groups
• Experience with the method 'Basal Body Awareness' (Basal kroppskännedom)

The following are also meritorious:

• Multilingual
• Experience in the non-profit sector
• Further education relevant to our target group

Candidates who share the Red Cross's values. Personal suitability will be given great weight.

More about us

The Swedish Red Cross runs five treatment centres for war victims and tortured persons in Sweden: Skellefteå (with branches in Luleå and Umeå), Uppsala, Skövde, Gothenburg, and Malmö. The goal of the Swedish Red Cross Treatment Centres is to provide support and care to people who have been subjected to war trauma and torture so that they can regain their mental and physical health. In addition to clinical treatment work, we work to spread knowledge by offering training and information to various target groups, both externally and internally.

Other information

The positions are permanent with a start date as soon as possible, or as agreed. The location is at our branch clinics at Magasinsgatan 7 in Umeå and Småbåtsgatan 5 in Luleå.

Our recruitment process

We welcome your application by August 9, 2026.

Please feel free to contact the recruiting manager, Therese Landin, via email at [email protected] if you have questions about the position. Questions will be answered after August 3 due to summer vacation.

The Swedish Red Cross strives to be an inclusive organization with employees who contribute to diversity in perspective, experience, and background. We believe this makes us more relevant. Therefore, we welcome applicants with diverse ethnic and social backgrounds, gender identities and expressions, religion, age, disabilities, and sexual orientations.

Our recruitment process begins with an initial selection based on a established requirement profile, followed by interviews and, in some cases, online tests, as well as background checks and reference checks.

As the Swedish Red Cross is part of the "Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct" to protect our sector from sexual abuse, we ask specific questions regarding this to your references. Final candidates may also be screened against EU and UN sanctions lists.

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