About this role
Make a difference. Every day.
Do you want to work at a small hospital with great opportunities? Are you a licensed occupational therapist interested in working broadly across several departments within inpatient care as well as in neurology in the patient's home environment? Then you are warmly welcome to apply for the position with us at the Rehabilitation Unit (VE) Rehabilitation!
The Hospital in Ystad is an acute hospital with a wide range of specialized care. We offer health and medical care with quality, accessibility, a holistic perspective, and compassion. At the Hospital in Ystad, there are significant opportunities for further development in various medical fields such as internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, or orthopedics.
The Rehabilitation Medical Care Ystad serves all inpatient departments at the Hospital in Ystad. The area of responsibility also includes rehabilitation within specialized outpatient care and specialized day rehabilitation at the hospital. The unit consists of approximately 40 employees from various professions, including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, nursing assistants, and nurses. We work in teams with other professions within the hospital's various departments and clinics. Within our occupational therapy group, we meet regularly to plan operations and share our different areas of expertise with each other, providing you with the opportunity to further develop within your profession.
We strive for a workplace where each employee is active in their own learning and has a desire to contribute to driving the operations forward. As an employee at a smaller acute hospital, you are given the opportunity for broad learning across many diagnoses. Here, we invest in professional development and have a vision characterized by responsiveness to patients' needs, innovation, and a welcoming approach. Want to know more about us? You can find us here: https://www.instagram.com/lasarettetiystad/
JOB DESCRIPTION
The position is a combination of departmental work and training of stroke patients in the patient's home environment.
This means that you will work as a resource for the hospital's departments where the tasks include, among other things, assessing activity ability, hand function, cognition, and assistive device needs during and after hospital care, as well as training with the patients. Currently, this includes a surgical department, cardiology department, orthopedic department, emergency care department, intensive care unit, emergency room, and a combined medicine and neurology department. The work is carried out in close collaboration with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, and departmental staff. In close cooperation with municipalities and primary care, you actively work towards a good care period and a safe discharge for the patient, where you play an important role in the collaboration process during discharge.
You are also involved in the patient's rehabilitation at home, where you work person-centered and together with the patient set goals that you help them achieve through training. Here, you work within ESD (Early Supported Discharge). This is a method based on inpatient care and involves training newly diagnosed stroke patients with mild to moderate symptoms in the patient's home environment. You will do this together with a physiotherapist and a rehabilitation nursing assistant.
As an occupational therapist in ESD, you assess and rehabilitate patients with mild to moderate strokes in their homes, which has proven to be an effective way to improve outcomes and quality of rehabilitation in the early phase. You need to be aware that in the patient's home environment, you will meet and communicate with relatives and be able to manage environments with pets and potential smoke odors.
With us, we work to continuously improve and value initiative and innovation; there are also opportunities for development in various areas of the operation. With a generous attitude towards further education related to job tasks, we encourage active learning over time. You will also be offered an individually tailored introduction and mentorship from an experienced colleague. Supervision of students may be included in the work. Weekend work is part of the position.
QUALIFICATIONS
You who are applying are a licensed occupational therapist with the authorization to practice within Swedish healthcare. Your language skills correspond to at least level C1 in Swedish according to the Council of Europe's scale. Furthermore, a B driver's license is required. Basic computer skills and experience with the journal system Melior are desirable. Experience in inpatient care and work within neurology is an advantage.
We are looking for someone who wants to work within inpatient care and rehabilitate patients in their home environment. The work is both team-based and independent, which requires you to have good collaboration skills as well as the ability to structure and plan your days. We also see that you are responsible, flexible, and can quickly adapt to changing circumstances. Creativity and initiative are assets as rehabilitation must occur according to the patient's needs and situation. We place great importance on personal suitability.
In this recruitment, we are working with ongoing selection. You are warmly welcome to submit your application today!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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