About this role
Do you want to contribute and make a meaningful impact? While also developing yourself and building numerous connections? Then our summer positions might be just for you.
With the patient at the center, we provide effective care with knowledge, quality, and compassion. With your help, both we and the patients will improve – welcome to Region Värmland!
Your workplace
The Rehabilitation Specialist Care unit at Karlstad Central Hospital is part of the health and rehabilitation sector. Approximately 80 employees work in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and music and art therapy within the Rehabilitation Specialist Care unit. Rehabilitation assistants are also employed in the unit.
The Rehabilitation Specialist Care unit works with rehabilitation across several clinics at Karlstad Central Hospital, including neurology, geriatrics, oncology, infection, pediatrics, obstetrics, surgery, medicine, orthopedics, and intensive care, among others, in both outpatient and inpatient care.
Your responsibilities
The role involves conducting occupational therapy assessments, planning and implementing interventions, and following up on progress. The work is characterized by mobility and requires flexibility, as well as the willingness and ability to work both in teams and independently. We believe that healthcare must be based on our patients' needs and our employees' competencies. We aim to advance healthcare together with our staff.
As a summer employee, you will receive an introduction to your role. A summer position with us is a great start to your career as an occupational therapist or an opportunity to further develop your profession.
Your qualifications and skills
We are looking for a licensed occupational therapist with an interest in rehabilitation within inpatient care. Experience in specialized inpatient care is an advantage but not a requirement. We place great emphasis on personal suitability, good collaboration skills, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances. An interest in working within specialized inpatient care is essential.
Selection is ongoing, so we welcome your application today!
About Region Värmland
We exist to ensure that everyone living here feels good and that our region remains attractive and competitive. We make a difference in healthcare, dental care, public transport, regional development, and culture and education. We meet people in life's greatest moments and in all those everyday moments in between. Our vision is world-class quality of life. Read more about what it’s like to work with us at https://regionvarmland.se/regionvarmland/jobb-utbildning--forskning/jobba-med-oss/vara-formaner, and follow us on social media.
Do you also want to work for everyone in Värmland? We welcome your application.
Additional information
In connection with a potential employment, we may ask you as an applicant to provide an extract from the police criminal record. Before employment in psychiatric care, care for individuals with disabilities, or care for children or adolescents, the employer conducts a check in the police's suspicion and criminal records. A finding in this register may affect your employment opportunities.
If you have a protected identity and wish to apply, please contact the HR Competence Supply Unit via the Region's switchboard at 010-831 50 00. You will receive assistance in submitting your application without it being processed in Varbi. Please only include information that is relevant to the position in question.
In preparation for the recruitment process, Region Värmland has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.