Developmental Occupational Therapist for the Department of Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

Are you our new Developmental Occupational Therapist for Neurorehabilitation?

Are you highly motivated to develop mono- and multidisciplinary practice for occupational therapists who work with people with acquired brain injury?

We offer a permanent position of 37 hours per week, where you take a central role and alternate between direct clinical practice and professional development - you help to translate development into concrete improvements in everyday life. The position is within highly specialized and regional rehabilitation with longer patient pathways.

We are seeking a development occupational therapist for our therapy group at the Department of Brain Injury. You will become part of an interdisciplinary team where we work together to ensure that patients with brain injuries can achieve as independent and meaningful a life as possible, so they can become active citizens, despite their functional limitations.

We work in teams consisting of nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, neuropsychologists, speech and language therapists, secretaries and doctors. As a specialized department, we are characterized by being in strong development and we have ambitious goals for a high mono- and multidisciplinary level.

The Department of Brain Injury is one of two departments that form the Department of Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries, in the Bodil Eskesen Center at Rigshospitalet Glostrup.

At the Department of Brain Injury we currently have room for 27 highly specialized patients and 6 regional patients and we are growing in step with the new health reform. We receive patients from all of Eastern Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The patients’ ages range from 1 year and up. We currently are a therapy group consisting of 20 occupational therapists, 22 physiotherapists, 2 development occupational therapists, 1 development physiotherapist and 2 head therapists

Your primary tasks as a development occupational therapist will be

• To lead professional practice in close collaboration with the head therapist
• To facilitate and support a high professional level among the occupational therapists based on evidence-based practice
• To support competence development, professional priorities and development work in the team and in the department
• To maintain overview and follow up as well as prioritize the efforts
• To facilitate and support a good learning environment and to be a bridge between different professional groups in a complex patient pathway
• To work closely with the research department

We offer

• Thorough onboarding to the specialty
• Competent mono- and cross-disciplinary colleagues
• Focus on core mono-disciplinary tasks and competencies in a multidisciplinary environment
• A strong and developing multidisciplinary collaboration with focus on patient and family involvement in a cohesive patient pathway
• Cross-sector collaboration both after admission and in outpatient settings
• Good opportunities for developing one’s own competencies

We希望

• Are motivated to develop occupational therapy as a profession
• Are a trained occupational therapist with a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience
• Have a relevant master or postgraduate education
• Can identify, initiate, drive, complete and implement development processes
• Have competencies in facilitation and supervision
• Have experience with health science research and/or quality development
• Are eager to contribute to set a clear occupational-therapeutic direction in collaboration with colleagues with focus on the future of occupational therapy in a multidisciplinary hospital context

Employment terms

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the applicable collective agreement

Application procedure

The position begins on January 1, 2027 and the working hours are from 7:45 to 15:45 on weekdays.

Salary and employment terms follow the collective agreement for non-management staff in the Health Cartel area for 33.21.1 and the position is subject to the regulation on obtaining a child care certificate.

For further information, you are welcome to contact

Head Therapist Nora Holmestad-Bechmann: [email protected] tel: 2146 5556

Janni Sleimann: [email protected] tel. 4074 8431

Developmental Occupational Therapist Lotte Mølgård: [email protected]

Union representative: [email protected]

Applications are accepted online via the link below. The application deadline is 16/11-26 at 12:00. - Interviews will take place on 18/11-26

Here you can read more about the department: https://www.rigshospitalet.dk/afdelinger-og-klinikker/neuro/hjerne-og-rygmarvsskader/Sider/default.aspx

We look forward to receiving your application!