Occupational therapist for the health and care facilities in Nyborg

Would you like to help create strong rehabilitation pathways close to the citizen's daily life?

As an occupational therapist on the upcoming health and care placements in Nyborg, you will play an important role in citizens' rehabilitation journeys – with a particular focus on activity, function and mastery of everyday life.

At the same time, you will have the opportunity to help shape a new regional offer in Citizen‑Friendly Health.

About the health and care placements

From 1 January 2027, Citizen‑Friendly Health at Odense University Hospital will take over responsibility for the regional health and care placements in Nyborg.

The placements are aimed at citizens who need health professional interventions, treatment, care and rehabilitation for a period. The citizens primarily come from a hospital ward, and the goal for most is to return to their own home.

In Nyborg, a 20‑bed offer is established, where occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurses, social and health care helpers and assistants work closely together.

Our collective goal is to help the citizen return to their own life with dignity, efficient pathways and high professionalism. We believe rehabilitation succeeds best when the citizen is an active co-player, and when the professions are put into play across disciplines.

Your role as an occupational therapist

As an occupational therapist, you will have a particular focus on how the citizen can regain or maintain the ability to perform activities that make everyday life function.

You will be an active part of the multidisciplinary team and contribute your occupational therapy expertise to the overall assessment, planning and follow‑up of the citizen's rehabilitation journey.

Your tasks will include

• examine, assess and support the citizen's activity and functional abilities, including ADL
• plan and implement occupational therapy interventions based on the citizen's goals
• assess cognitive challenges and initiate relevant interventions/ training with meaning for the citizen's everyday life
• assess the need for assistive devices and other compensatory solutions
• guide citizens and relatives in relevant occupational therapy interventions
• contribute to multidisciplinary assessments and shared plans for the citizen's course

We imagine that you

Are a licensed occupational therapist and thrive with working broadly with rehabilitation and complex citizen pathways.

Furthermore, we would like you to

• have an eye for the citizen's overall daily life and the activities that are important for the individual
• be able to work independently and at the same time value close multidisciplinary collaboration
• be able to adapt your efforts to citizens with different functional abilities and needs
• work in a structured way and be able to prioritize your tasks
• be interested in helping to build a new workplace and a shared professional culture.

Experience with rehabilitation, dysphagia, geriatrics, cognition or complex citizen pathways is an advantage but not a requirement.

With us you get

• a meaningful daily life with varied and complex citizen journeys
• opportunity for professional development and sparring
• a close multidisciplinary collaboration where your professional skills are an important part of the overall effort
• opportunity to influence the occupational therapy practice
• a workplace focused on quality, coherence and the citizen's needs.

About Citizen‑Friendly Health

Citizen‑Friendly Health is a new department at OUH, established as part of the health reform.

The department is to support a closer, more connected and equal health service and ensure professionally strong offerings to citizens who need health services closer to their daily life.

From 1 January 2027, Citizen‑Friendly Health will among other things take responsibility for health and care placements and regional emergency nursing care.

Employment terms

The position is initially 37 hours per week. In the longer term, the working time may also include day shifts on weekends.

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be told the base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in the agreement for occupational therapists/physiotherapists and midwives – agreement 33.21.1.

In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

See starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark

Start date: As soon as possible

Application deadline: 21 October 2026

Interviews: Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis

Workplace

Citizen‑Friendly Health Nyborg

Holmegade 3, 1st floor, Building B

5800 Nyborg

Want to know more?

You are welcome to contact

• Chief Nurse Julie Skov Jespersen, [email protected] , tel. 29173660
• Area Leader Marlene Bang Skjøth, [email protected] , tel. 21728277

We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to Citizen‑Friendly Health.

Department: Citizen‑Friendly Health

Job title: Occupational Therapist

Working hours: Full-time

Workplace: Nyborg

Application deadline: 21 October 2026