Occupational Therapist for a multidisciplinary team in Helhedsplejen - maternity leave cover

Would you like to help develop interdisciplinarity and the rehabilitative approach in Helhedsplejen in Gladsaxe Municipality? Are you strong in your own single-discipline specialty? Do you like gaining new perspectives on your professional field? Then you might be our new colleague in Helhedsplejen Gladsaxe?

Be part of developing Helhedsplejen in Gladsaxe

We are in a time of major and exciting changes in connection with the new elderly care act having taken effect. To strengthen the cohesive citizen journey 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 cross-disciplinary 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 their own sites in the municipality. In November 2025, all professional groups (social and healthcare assistants, social and healthcare helpers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurses) were brought together into new teams. Each team consists of about 22 employees, of which 1 physiotherapist and 1 occupational therapist in each department. You will work closely with your therapist colleagues across the municipality.

Your tasks

• To work consciously with our core task in Helhedsplejen: that everyone contributes to enabling the citizen 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 about citizen pathways.
• Planning of citizen pathways involving the citizen's network.
• OSH in the citizen's home – including assessment of workplace conditions, among other things in connection with the use of various assistive devices.
• Home visits to citizens who are to be discharged from inpatient care/temporary placements, where the person-centered approach focuses among other things on assessing access to housing, movement around the home, and the need for aids in connection with discharge.
• Assessment of the need for assistive devices.
• Support the development of the rehabilitative and interdisciplinary mindset in the team.

We offer

• A workplace in change where the working environment and well-being 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 professional disciplines that provides an opportunity to strengthen the holistic perspective on citizen pathways
• Focus on creating an organization where single-discipline work is also developed
• Good opportunities to develop your competences

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 citizens and taps into the citizen's resources
• Naturally includes interdisciplinary sparring on citizen pathways
• Has experience with digital training solutions and assistive devices

The practical

• You will be attached to Department East 3-4
• This is a full-time position
• Start date 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 an application deadline 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 at telephone 40 10 41 84 or [email protected]

or

Operations Manager of Helhedsplejen East 3-4

Mathilde Skriver at telephone 21 19 76 58 or [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you!

In Gladsaxe we base our actions on the needs and well-being of citizens and businesses in everything we do. Sustainable welfare and development is a hallmark for us, and we work for social, environmental, and economic sustainability. With the UN's Sustainable Development 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 the Gladsaxe Strategy .

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

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

Apply for the position

Start date

As soon as possible

Workplace

SSF SR Helhedsplejen

Employment type

Full-time

Contact

Operations Manager Camilla K Andersen at telephone 40 10 41 84 or [email protected] or Operations Manager Mathilde Skriver at telephone 21 19 76 58 or [email protected]