Occupational Therapist

Would you like to help develop occupational therapy at Vinderup Care Home?

A home where presence, warmth and daily life are central.

Would you like to be part of a nursing home where homeliness, care and the individual are the starting point for everything we do? And do you thrive in a combined role where you bring your occupational therapy expertise into play and are close to the residents in daily care? Then maybe you are the one we are looking for at Vinderup Care Home.

We are looking for an engaged occupational therapist who wants to help develop and shape a newly created position with us. The position is distributed with 14 hours per week at the care home and 8 hours per week in our affiliated elderly housing . Based on the new Elderly Act we want to strengthen the rehabilitative approach and create good opportunities for residents and citizens to maintain their functional ability, independence and quality of life in everyday life.

Since occupational therapy is a new field in this organisation for us, you will have a unique opportunity to influence the content of the position and develop occupational therapy in close cooperation with management and staff. You will have freedom to take initiative, develop workflows and find solutions that make sense in practice and create value for residents, citizens and colleagues.

We therefore seek you who are keen to think creatively, take responsibility for your professionality and collaborate across professional groups. You thrive on building something and are ready to develop your role as we together find the best possibilities.

With us you have the opportunity to make a difference with your professional skills in a daily life where presence, care and interdisciplinary collaboration are important, and where there is room for dialogue, sparring and professional development.

About the position

The position includes 22 hours per week with occupational therapy tasks . In addition there is the possibility to supplement the position with hours in caregiving if you want a combined role. The total number of hours and the distribution of hours will be agreed further with basis in your wishes and the care home's needs.

You will get a unique opportunity to work professionally with everyday rehabilitation and at the same time be close to the residents in their daily life – something that fits perfectly with our values about presence and wholeness.

Your tasks as an occupational therapist

Assess and support residents' functional ability and daily activities

Work with everyday rehabilitation and meaningful activities

Contribute to cross-disciplinary efforts and professional sparring

Collaboration with the care team on good, individual pathways

Ensure documentation and professional quality

Participate in care-related meetings

Your tasks in care

Join in daily care and create safe, warm relationships

Support residents' wishes, needs and quality of life

Contribute to a stable, positive and humorous work environment

Work closely with colleagues across professional groups

We are looking for someone who…

Is trained as an occupational therapist

Wants a combined role with both professional and practical tasks

Thrives in an environment with homeliness, presence and strong values

Works independently and with focus on residents' resources

Wants to create a meaningful and secure everyday life for our residents

Meets people with warmth, respect and a smile

Is stable, responsible and good at keeping an overview

Can plan, initiate, collaborate and be able to work independently

Is engaged and caring

Can see themselves working based on Danske Diakonhjem's values

Wants to learn and use NEXUS in everyday life

We offer you

A workplace in development where the person is central

A workplace with focus on homeliness, care and warm relationships

Opportunity to influence your shift plan

A daily life with close cooperation, humor and strong collegiality

A meaningful everyday life where you make a real difference

Wages and pension in accordance with the collective agreement

Health insurance

That you can skip packed lunches and join our meal scheme for a small fee

Opportunity to influence your work schedule so work life and private life can go hand in hand

A workplace with a high degree of flexibility and trust

Part of Danske Diakonhjem's value-based community

An approach where we know that employees who thrive provide good solutions for our residents

Practical

The position is 22 hours or as agreed WITH/ WITHOUT weekend work.

Place of employment is: Vinderup Care Home

Application deadline: 12 November 2026

Salary and employment conditions follow the current collective agreement

Start date: DATE or as agreed

We will hold interviews: 16 November

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About Vinderup Care Home

When you are an employee with us, you are part of a larger organization: Danske Diakonhjem,

which works from a strong set of values , where we together work to make our care home

into a home for our residents.

We are constantly working to do the best for the residents and their families by

being professional with high professional knowledge and care.

being welcoming and inclusive - there must be room for everyone!

making it homely and creating a good and cozy atmosphere.

Vinderup Care Home is the residents' home, and here it must be cozy and filled with warmth