Rehabilitation Medicine at Sandviken Hospital serves patients from throughout Region Gävleborg. The primary diagnosis groups are stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and chronic pain. The operation consists of an outpatient clinic and an inpatient ward, and we work from a behavioral medicine perspective. The clinic includes a physician's office, a brain rehabilitation team, a pain rehabilitation team, and a spinal cord injury team. The brain rehabilitation team's target population is working-age individuals with difficulties following an acquired brain injury affecting cognitive function, behavior, and/or psychological well-being that impacts daily life, family, leisure, and work/studies.
We are now looking for an occupational therapist to join us. We welcome your application!
1 position(s).
DUTIES
As an occupational therapist on the brain rehabilitation team, you will work in a team with a psychologist, physician, social worker, and physical therapist. You will conduct activity assessments in the areas of personal care, home life, work/studies, and leisure, with the assessment proceeding in parallel with evaluations by other team members. Following the assessment, a joint evaluation is made for feedback to the patient and any relatives. An individual rehabilitation plan is then developed together with the patient. The team works in close collaboration around the patient, and treatment and interventions can be carried out, for example, at home, in the team's facilities, digitally, or at the workplace. You will also provide support in the work rehabilitation process, including participation in meetings and/or contact with representatives from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and the Public Employment Service. Collaboration with representatives from municipal services or other healthcare providers may also be relevant. You may also be involved in tasks related to the rehabilitation medicine clinic's and rehabilitation medicine ward's other teams.
As an occupational therapist, you will work with, among other things:
• activity assessments
• treatment/interventions
• providing support in the rehabilitation process
• collaboration with other agencies.
With us you will get:
• independent work with the opportunity to influence and develop the operation
• to be part of an engaged, secure, and experienced work group.
Learn more about our benefits: https://www.regiongavleborg.se/jobb-och-utbildning/jobba-i-region-gavleborg/dina-formaner/
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone who is flexible and has a solution-focused approach with an interest in rehabilitation and teamwork. Good collaboration skills, initiative, and the ability to work independently are valuable qualities. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.
In your role as an occupational therapist, you should:
• be a licensed occupational therapist
• have a class B driver's license.
Previous experience with rehabilitation of stroke patients and/or other neurological diagnoses is a merit, as is training or experience in behavioral medicine, AMPS, and/or PRPP.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Start date according to agreement.
Region Gävleborg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Salary considerations include, among other things, assignment, responsibility, competence, experience, and results.
With 7,500 employees, we are the region's largest employer. This gives us the strength to drive development forward for a vibrant Gävleborg. Our mission is exciting and complex. Regardless of your role with us, you help the residents of the region and make a difference in society. We are at the forefront of social development and are committed to helping you as an employee grow and develop. With us, you will use all your energy to create the Gävleborg of the future together with your colleagues.
The approximately 6,500 employees of the Health and Medical Care Administration work together to give the region's residents the best conditions for an active life with increased quality of life. By providing good and accessible care throughout the region, we lay the foundation for a strong and healthy Gävleborg.
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