Vacant job

At Region Dalarna, you will find meaningful work where you can make a difference. Together, we work towards a sustainable Dalarna with development potential in all parts of the county.

Do you want to make a difference for people with disabilities and their relatives? Do you thrive in a work group with great commitment, a solution-focused approach, and joy in work? Then the Child and Adolescent Rehabilitation is the workplace for you!

The Rehabilitation is a county-wide specialist service located in five towns in Dalarna. Each unit houses both Child and Adolescent Rehabilitation and Adult Rehabilitation, featuring interdisciplinary teams with medical, psychological, social, and pedagogical competence. The Rehabilitation's mission is to offer individuals with congenital or early-acquired disabilities comprehensive specialist interventions to achieve the best possible functional capacity and a good quality of life.

Within the Rehabilitation, there is broad competence in the field of disability. We have a supportive and non-hierarchical climate, and our work environment is characterized by professionalism, learning, consideration, commitment, and tolerance. Placement can be discussed based on our various clinics. Most importantly, we are looking for a qualified colleague who contributes to the community and performs their duties with interest and engagement!

As a physiotherapist at our clinic, your work will be educational and varied, with teamwork with other professions being central. Our team consists of occupational therapists, dietitians, physiotherapists, social workers, speech therapists, doctors, psychologists, nurses, special educators/special teachers, and managers.

Your tasks as a physiotherapist include, among other things, investigating, initiating treatment, and following up on the patient's motor functions and development in their various environments, in close consultation with the patient and their relatives. You provide interventions to help the patient maintain, develop, and/or compensate for physical abilities. You assess needs, prescribe, and follow up on assistive devices.

Our work is done in close collaboration with our neighboring healthcare providers, municipal services, personal assistants, relatives, and others.

• Introduction program, access to a mentor and supervisor, as well as professional meetings with physiotherapy colleagues in the department that contribute to your development.
• You work daytime hours, weekdays, and have the opportunity to influence your working hours with a favorable flexible agreement.
• Certain administrative tasks can be done remotely in agreement with your manager. We are also increasingly using digital solutions both in patient care and in meetings.
• We have our own staff training and are generous with further education that matches the department's needs.
• You receive a wellness allowance of 2,000 SEK/year.

Requirements:

• Physiotherapist degree/license.
• Category B driver's license

Merits:

• Some years of experience
• Experience working with children, preferably within rehabilitation

Personal qualities:

You are proactive, flexible, and have a good ability to prioritize. You have a commitment and interest in working with our target group. You enjoy working in a team, but you also have a good ability to work independently. Through your professional attitude and communicative skills, you build good relationships with colleagues as well as patients and relatives, and contribute to a positive work climate. You are happy to share your knowledge and ask for help when needed. Personal suitability is given great weight.

We primarily use email (from the address: [email protected]) to send out communications and invitations. Check your inbox and also spam/JUNK regularly during this period to ensure you receive all information from us.

If you are or have previously been employed by Region (County Council) Dalarna, we will take internal references from your current or former manager if you become a candidate for employment.

Read more about Region Dalarna, our values, work environment, and benefits, as well as the checks conducted before employment: Work with us - Region Dalarna (#)

We have made our choice of media and therefore do not wish to be contacted by other sales companies or recruitment agencies.

This position involves direct and regular contact with children and/or adolescents. Before an employment offer can be made, you as an applicant must present an extract from the Police Criminal Record Register in an unbroken envelope or via a digital register extract, according to Law 2013:852 or 2000:873. More information can be found here: Criminal Record Register - Request Extract (polisen.se) (https://polisen.se).

This position requires you to have a valid license for the current profession. Your professional license will be checked against the National Board of Health and Welfare's register of licensed healthcare personnel (HOSP) before any employment offer is made. Read more here: Register of Licensed Healthcare Personnel (HOSP) - National Board of Health and Welfare (https://socialstyrelsen.se).

Union contact details

Trade Union - Region Dalarna