Business description

The Department of Home Care includes home care in ordinary housing and licensed health care professionals for home care.The Department of Home Care is responsible for the efforts of nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists in both ordinary housing (home care) and special housing.

Duties

As an occupational therapist, you must have good knowledge in the field of assistive devices and to investigate and assess the need for occupational therapy interventions. You are responsible for the occupational therapy part of the rehabilitation efforts in both ordinary and special housing in the areas of elderly and disability care and psychiatry. Your professional role includes prescribing and testing of assistive devices, as well as conducting ADL assessments. Supervising and training nursing staff in general daily activities is an important part of the job. As a licensed professional, there is also a responsibility for record keeping for the interventions that are planned, implemented and evaluated.

Supervising and training nursing staff in transfers and handling of assistive devices is an important part of the work. As a licensed professional, there is also a responsibility for record keeping for the interventions that are planned, implemented and evaluated.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a Licensed Occupational Therapist. You enjoy working in a team, are flexible and see solutions to problems. You have a holistic approach and a good ability to analyze and reflect from different perspectives and can find solutions depending on the needs and situation. Your cooperation with colleagues, users and the network around the user is good and you have a responsive, coaching and supportive approach. Your ability to plan and prioritize is good, both independently and with the support of your colleagues and immediate manager. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability, experience from working in the municipality as an occupational therapist is meritorious. B driving license is required. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Within the framework of the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli and Finnish. Knowledge of one of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.

Other

We would like to receive a CV with your application. Original documents will be provided on request. Interviews may take place on a rolling basis.

Gällivare municipality offers you:

• Fresh care benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
• Free swimming
• Fresh care hour
• Take part of the workplace's Trivselpeng
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare municipality's leisure association)
• The opportunity to exchange vacation days for days off

Here you can read more about Gällivare municipality as an employer: The municipality as an employer | Gällivare municipality

Working hours/Duration

Full-time, 100% TV employment.

Salary

Monthly salary, We apply individual salary setting

Access/application

Access: by agreement

Last date for application: 2025-12-31

Information

Head of Unit Therese Oskarsson

Email: therese.oskarsson@gallivare.se

Tel: 0970-818723

Union representatives

Vårdförbundet

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