Skilled Occupational Therapist for Center for Rehabilitation and Acute Care – Copenhagen

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Would you like to be part of a multidisciplinary team that, every day – year round – collaborates intensively to help people live the life they want again?

Does it also matter that you have a varied day, where you are supported by listening leadership that focuses on your well-being and professional development?

Center for Rehabilitation and Acute Care – Copenhagen is seeking for the Acute Care Department an experienced occupational therapist 37 hours per week.

About us

We have a total of 30 beds and many skilled multidisciplinary staff. The citizens who come to us come for many different reasons, but the majority come directly from hospitals. Many have complex and chronic diseases, and a large part of the citizens needs both acute care and intensive rehabilitation. When citizens come to us, we assess them immediately. Almost simultaneously we begin giving them exactly the care and rehabilitation they need, so they can recover as quickly as possible and regain lost skills or develop new strategies.

Achieving such individually tailored acute care requires a high level of professionalism from everyone involved. It also requires close collaboration with citizens and their relatives and multidisciplinary collaboration between social- and healthcare assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, doctors, hospitals, home care etc.

About you

You are an occupational therapist who enjoys a daily routine where days are not the same. We expect you to contribute with your high professionalism to the multidisciplinary collaboration. It is preferable that you have experience with dysphagia. You are prepared to work on some holidays and participate in the department's teaching and development.

In the job as an occupational therapist with us you will experience that

• there is a strong focus on dysphagia assessments as well as ADL assessment and training
• both the ICF model (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) and clinical reasoning are central tools in daily work
• you must set goals for the course/trajectory so we can daily assess whether a citizen can be at home or needs a longer stay
• the training you provide is usually of an individual character and therefore very targeted to the individual citizen
• we expect you to stand by your professional assessment, but also that you are willing to discuss cases factually, professionally and calmly if someone else views things differently.

You will receive a thorough introduction, so you feel well prepared to perform the various tasks involved in the position.

Read more about our workplace here

Terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment are set in accordance with qualifications and the applicable collective agreement between the municipality and the relevant professional organization. The working hours are 37 hours per week. Holiday coverage will also be included. We wish the position to be filled on 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The place of employment is the acute care unit on Vigerslevvej.

If you have previously been employed by the City of Copenhagen, additionally

If you are considered for a position in a municipal unit, we will check whether you have been dismissed or excluded from the municipality within the last three years and share relevant information with the hiring manager. It may also include information about criminal conduct that led to dismissal or exclusion from the City of Copenhagen, information about misuse of substances such as a positive alcohol test or information about medical history that may be relevant for a new appointment in the municipality. This does not apply to employment at independent nursing homes. Read more about reference checks here .

More information

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact department head Kathrine Herbst at 21 51 68 40.

Apply via the link no later than Friday 23 October 2026

About the Health and Care Administration

Our everyday life is about people. See more about our everyday life at www.vores hverdag.kk.dk .