Occupational Therapist sought for Ward 3

Do you want to use your occupational therapy professional skills in a developing psychiatry – where environmental therapy, relationships and interdisciplinary collaboration are the foundation of the treatment?

Ward 3 in Regionspsykiatrien Gødstrup is seeking a licensed occupational therapist for a permanent position with start 1 February 2027 or by agreement . The position is currently full-time.

With us you will be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team where high professionalism, development and collaboration go hand in hand. Occupational therapy is an important part of our environmental therapeutic treatment and contributes with a special focus on coping, structure and everyday functions in the patients' treatment course.

Ward 3 – a department in development

Ward 3 is a specialized 24/7 ward with 28 beds, where we treat patients with affective disorders and personality disorders.

Since May 2026, Ward 3 has direct admissions. This means that we receive acute patients directly for admission and treatment while we continue to provide stabilizing treatment courses.

We work from an environmental therapeutic approach, where the relationship is the most important treatment tool. Patient involvement, coping and interdisciplinary collaboration are a natural part of our daily life, and we work purposefully to create safe, structured and meaningful frameworks for patients' treatment based on the terminology framework Fundamentals of Care.

Your role as an occupational therapist

As an occupational therapist you will be an active part of the environmental therapeutic treatment environment. You will have a versatile role with both independent occupational therapy tasks and a central role in the interdisciplinary collaboration around the patients.

Your tasks will include, among other things, to

• Assess, plan, perform and evaluate occupational therapy interventions
• Contribute to the environmental therapeutic treatment through observation, assessment and intervention
• Work with coping, structure, sensory regulation and everyday functions as part of the treatment
• Join as a contact person and help ensure coherent patient pathways
• Actively participate in treatment conferences, ward rounds and the interdisciplinary treatment planning
• Work closely with patients, relatives, and internal and external partners.

The position is part of the daily operation of the ward, and you will therefore participate in day and evening shifts as well as weekend shifts.

We offer

With us you get a workplace where professional development and well-being are prioritized.

We offer

• a workplace in exciting development with new functions and high professional complexity
• a strong interdisciplinary collaboration with nurses, social and health care assistants, doctors, psychologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, as well as pedagogues
• thorough onboarding, onboarding and mentorship
• supervision and ongoing competency development
• possibility to influence the development of the occupational therapy efforts in the ward
• a work environment characterized by recognition, trust, respect and humor.

We are looking for a colleague who

• is a licensed occupational therapist with a strong foundation
• has interest in or experience with psychiatry
• wants to work environmentally therapeutically and sees the relationship as an important part of the treatment
• thrives in a multidisciplinary collaboration and contributes actively to joint solutions
• can work independently, maintain overview and create structure in a daily life with both planned and acute tasks
• meets patients, relatives and colleagues with a calm, acknowledging and respectful approach.

About Regionspsykiatrien Gødstrup

Regionspsykiatrien Gødstrup provides general psychiatric treatment in the western part of Region Central Jutland. We work out of the vision:

Better treatment and longer lives for more people with mental illness – on the patient's terms.

We attach great importance to actively involving patients and relatives and to creating coherent treatment courses of high professional quality.

As part of the health reform, psychiatry is organizationally integrated with the somatic hospitals. This provides new opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration and development.

Further information

You can read more about the position in the job description here, and about Ward 3 as a workplace here.

If you have questions, you are very welcome to contact

• Functional Manager Birgit Bech Pedersen at tel. 3052 1519
• Head Nurse KarenMarie Andersen at tel. 2117 5675

Salary and employment terms are according to current collective agreement.

Application deadline: 21 October 2026.

Employment interviews are expected to be held in week 44.

Little more about us

We are more than 400 skilled and engaged employees who diagnose and treat patients with mental illnesses in six municipalities around us. Our treatment courses are both outpatient and during admission. We have four ward units, three outpatient clinics and in addition outpatient functions in several of the surrounding municipalities.

We are part of Regionshospitalet Gødstrup, where we are a hospital for 300,000 citizens in the western part of Region Central Jutland.

You can read about our vision and thoughts about being the hospital of opportunities by clicking here.

We provide a good introduction and many opportunities for further education

We ensure you are well prepared for your new job – among other things via introductory programs, courses and education. In our education universe Psychiatry Academy you can sample all the different possibilities.

We are easy to reach

It is easy to get to Gødstrup, located just west of Herning. The highway runs right by, and the train stops right outside the door.

Read more about us

You can read more about Regionshospitalet Gødstrup here.

The position is initially a full-time position.

As Region Central Jutland continually implements savings and reorganizations, employees in reallocation who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Central Jutland is, in accordance with the EU's transparency directive for salaries, which came into force on 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you of starting salary or a salary range for a position before offering employment.

Here you will find Region Central Jutland's salary catalog for most professional groups and positions found in Region Central Jutland: Transparency prior to employment - Employee.rm.dk

Department: Psychiatry Ward 3 for Affective Disorders

Application deadline: 21 October 2026

Location: Hospitalsparken, 15, 7400, Herning, Denmark