Physiotherapist at Papegojelyckan

Lunds kommun · Full-time

Bruksgatan 22, Lund, Sweden

About the Role and Your Responsibilities At the specialist residential facility Papegojelyckan, residents live with cognitive diseases and pronounced BPSD issues (Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia). We work person-centered with the goal of creating security, meaningfulness, and the highest possible quality of life for each individual. Physical activity is an important part of treatment. We view movement, exercise, and meaningful activity as central tools to strengthen function, promote health, and help prevent or reduce BPSD symptoms. As a physiotherapist, you will become an important part of a dedicated and well-functioning interdisciplinary team where we share responsibility for each individual. We work closely together across professional boundaries and value diverse expertise that together contributes to a holistic view of our residents. Your tasks will include, among other things: Assess and monitor physical function, gait ability, balance, and fall risk. Integrate physical activity as a natural part of daily life and help create an active environment for our residents, both indoors and outdoors. Plan and carry out individualized training interventions. Develop and lead group activities focused on movement joy, participation, and well-being. Work with evidence-based training methods such as High-Intensity Functional Exercise (HIFE). Guide and educate care staff in transfers, activity-creating work methods, and person-centered strategies. Contribute physiotherapeutic expertise to the team's work in preventing and managing BPSD through non-pharmacological interventions, preferably outdoors. With us, you have the opportunity to work in an operation where collaboration, participation, and person-centered care permeate everything we do. Together, we create conditions for a meaningful life for people with cognitive disease. We Are Looking For You You are a licensed physiotherapist/physical therapist with a genuine interest in working with people with cognitive diseases and complex care needs. You have a few years of experience from similar assignments. You see the person behind the disease and work from a person-centered approach. For this assignment, we further require that you: enjoy working in a team and see the value of interdisciplinary collaboration want to develop and lead health-promoting and activating interventions for our residents have the ability to motivate people with cognitive impairment to move and be active based on individual circumstances have good computer skills and express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish What We Offer You As an employee with us, you are offered a range of benefits with a focus on balance, security, and health. Lund Municipality is a large organization with many exciting activities and opportunities for employee development. As an employee, you also have access to our benefits portal where you can easily see your benefits and manage them. https://lund.se/arbete-och-lediga-jobb/sa-ar-det-att-arbeta-med-oss/det-har-ger-vi-dig-som-medarbetare About the Workplace Papegojelyckan is located in the southwestern part of Lund, right next to Folkparken, and contains 24 apartments distributed across 3 units. We warmly welcome your application! In this recruitment, we have chosen to remove the personal letter and replaced it with selection questions. Your answers will be an important part of our selection process. We apply continuous selection and interviews during the application period. As part of the selection process, we use tests. Within the care and social services administration, approximately 3,400 employees work to enable elderly people and people with disabilities to live an active, social, and meaningful life on their own terms. We are responsible for, among other things, the municipality's residential care facilities for the elderly, home care, support for people with disabilities, home health care, and meeting points for seniors. With us, each individual's needs are at the center, and our activities are characterized by participation, choice, flexibility, and quality with respect for the individual's integrity and self-determination. Here you have room to grow. Within Lund Municipality, we put knowledge at the center and create opportunities to develop in working life. We offer an inclusive work environment and a chance to make an impact and make a difference. Do you want to be one of us?