Occupational Therapist for an Interdisciplinary Team in Holistic Care - Maternity Leave Cover

Do you want to help develop interdisciplinarity and the rehabilitative approach in Helhedsplejen in Gladsaxe Municipality? Are you strong in your own mono-disciplinary field? Do you like to gain new perspectives on your professional expertise? Then you might be our new colleague in Helhedsplejen Gladsaxe?

Be part of developing Helhedsplejen in Gladsaxe

We are in a time with large and exciting changes in connection with the new elderly law having come into force. In order to strengthen the coherent citizen pathways and support the rehabilitative and interdisciplinary focus on citizen pathways, it is important that the professional groups work closely together. With the implementation of Helhedsplejen in Gladsaxe Municipality we have chosen to create new interdisciplinary teams

Helhedsplejen in Gladsaxe is organized into 6 departments, each consisting of two day shift teams and one evening shift team. The departments are located at each of their own locations in the municipality. In November 2025 all professional groups were brought together (social- and health-care assistants, social- and health-care helpers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and nurses) into new teams. Each team consists of about 22 employees, of whom 1 physiotherapist and 1 occupational therapist in each department. You will work closely with your therapy colleagues across the municipality.

Your tasks

• To work consciously with our core task in Helhedsplejen: that everyone participates so that the citizen has the opportunity to live a meaningful and independent life.
• Rehabilitation and training in ADL activities, including PADL and IADL in the citizen's home.
• Close interdisciplinary collaboration and sparring on citizen pathways.
• Planning of citizen pathways involving the citizen's network.
• OSH assessment in the citizen's home – including assessment of workplace conditions, for example in connection with the use of various aids.
• Home visits to citizens who are to be discharged from inpatient stay / temporary placements, where with the person-centered approach the focus is on assessing access to housing, mobility within the home and the need for assistive devices in connection with discharge.
• Assessment of need for assistive devices.
• Support the development of the rehabilitative and interdisciplinary mindset in the team.

We offer

• A workplace undergoing change where the working environment and wellbeing are given high priority.
• A workplace that is in the process of describing and defining a new way of working in Helhedsplejen
• An interdisciplinary environment with many professions that provides an opportunity to strengthen the holistic perspective on citizen pathways
• Focus on creating an organization where mono-disciplinarity is also cultivated
• Good opportunities to develop your competencies

We are looking for you who

• Is educated as an occupational therapist
• Has experience with rehabilitation of the geriatric citizen, preferably experience with rehabilitation in the citizen's home
• Has experience from good interdisciplinary collaboration while being able to work independently
• Thrives in a changing everyday life with many different tasks
• Is good at motivating the citizen and using the citizen's resources
• Naturally includes interdisciplinary sparring on citizen pathways
• Has experience with digital training solutions and aids

The practical

• You will be attached to Department East 3-4
• This is a full-time position
• Commencement 1 December 2026 or by agreement
• Salary and employment in accordance with the current collective agreement
• References and a criminal record check will be obtained

There is a deadline for applications on 18 October 2026

If you have questions or would like to come by for a chat you are welcome to contact

Operations Manager in Helhedsplejen East 3-4

Camilla K Andersen on phone 40 10 41 84 or [email protected]

or

Operations Manager of Helhedsplejen East 3-4

Mathilde Skriver on phone 21 19 76 58 or [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you!

In Gladsaxe we base our work on the needs and wellbeing of citizens and businesses in all that we do. Sustainable welfare and development is a watchword for us, and we work for social, environmental, and economic sustainability. With the UN’s global goals as a framework, we see a sustainable future as something we create together – with citizens, businesses, associations and the local community. You can read more about our goals in Gladsaxestrategy .

No employee in Gladsaxe Municipality may smoke or use tobacco-related products during working hours, such as snus and vapes.

We encourage all interested parties regardless of age, gender/identity, sexuality, disability, religion or ethnic background to apply for the position.