Occupational therapist for outreach team at Munkebo Centre, District Southeast

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you see it as a challenge to support older people in rediscovering and maintaining their skills, which ensure them the opportunity to live a good ”old age” on their own terms? Are you professionally competent, stable and robust!

Then you may be our new occupational therapist!

We are seeking an occupational therapist for our outreach team - someone who bubbles with joy and energy, is good at motivating both colleagues and citizens, and is enthusiastic and professionally skilled.

You will become part of a professionally strong and solid multidisciplinary team consisting of social- and health-care helpers, social- and health-care assistants, pedagogues, occupational- and physical therapists as well as nurses.

About you

• you must be able to grasp everyday situations and intervene with your professional expertise both in relation to the citizens and your colleagues - for example regarding sitting positions, mealtime situations and transfer/mobility situations
• you must be able to encourage and motivate citizens to actively participate in all daily activities
• you are good at recognizing the citizens' resources and, together with the team, follow up on the opportunities they create
• you see it as your primary task to ensure citizens a good life based on their desires and circumstances
• you participate in care situations where you apply your specialized occupational therapy expertise

With us in District Southeast

• we put the citizen at the centre. Based on the citizen's life history and interests, we work on small sub-tasks to achieve a main goal, such as 'taking the bus again'
• the different professional groups in the team work across. Multidisciplinary sparring, training and collaboration provide a unique opportunity to create changes in the citizen's everyday life here and now. It also enables quick follow-up and evaluation and to involve current situations
• we carry out activity-oriented training where the goal makes sense for the citizen and helps support their identity. Both in terms of P-ADL (self-care tasks) and also being able to water flowers, choose clothes themselves, take out the trash
• we work from a rehabilitative approach, including both training and maintenance training, etc. This takes place with a multidisciplinary approach, where one also has the possibility to build strong relationships and cooperation between citizen, relatives and the visitations

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between KL and the Danish Occupational Therapy Association.

Information about starting salary and expected salary range

Via the link here you can see information about the relevant salary range for the specific position. In the overview select Næstved Municipality, which job category (collective agreement) you are applying for and further which position you are seeking. In the table below you can see the relevant information for the specific position.

Start date 1 January 2026.

Working hours per week 37 hours - the number of hours can be negotiated. Working hours arranged in agreement with the team leader.

If you want to know more you are welcome to contact team leader Son Johansen at tel. 2146 9773 or occupational therapist Lene Schmidt Adolf, tel. 5588 2039 to hear more . You are also welcome to drop by to hear more about the position and meet some of your potential future colleagues.

Application deadline 24 November 2026.

Hiring interviews will be held as soon as possible after the application deadline has passed.

You apply for the position by sending your application, CV and other relevant documentation and educational certificates electronically via the applicant button ”Apply”.

We look forward to receiving your application.

District Southeast provides care, training, nursing and practical help, with a sharp focus on rehabilitation for around 1,000, primarily elderly citizens, who either live in a care home or receive visits from home care.