Medical Director for Rehabilitation

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Do you want to make a real difference? Here at Sollefteå Municipality, you contribute every day to making society function, grow, and develop. We are nearly 2,000 colleagues who together create security, service, and confidence in the future for our residents. Here you get more than just a job: you become part of a team characterized by courage, innovative thinking, and pride. We offer excellent opportunities to develop and make an impact – and a work environment that makes it easy to find balance between career and leisure time. As an added bonus, you get access to wellness benefits, free cross-country skiing at Hallstaberget, free swimming at several of our facilities, and much more. And perhaps best of all: you get to work in a municipality where magnificent nature meets small-town charm, where community is strong and confidence in the future is clear. Welcome to Sollefteå – here we make a difference, together. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Sollefteå Municipality is seeking a Medical Director for Rehabilitation (MAR) who wants to help develop a safe, quality-assured, and patient-safe rehabilitation service for our residents. As MAR, you are part of the overall management of social services and also participate in the health and medical care management group together with the municipality's Medical Director for Health Care (MAS). You have clear strategic medical leadership responsibility with mandate and are responsible for ensuring that rehabilitation services and assistive device management are conducted in accordance with legislation, national guidelines, and the National Board of Health and Welfare's recommendations for MAR. This position is a combination role with a development assignment and responsibility for assistive devices in combination with the MAR assignment. You become a key person in the municipality's quality and development work and work closely with managers, licensed professionals, and external collaboration partners. Your main responsibilities • Ensure, in accordance with the Health and Medical Care Ordinance and the National Board of Health and Welfare's regulations on the use of medical devices, that rehabilitation within functional support, social psychiatry, and elderly care is appropriate, safe, and maintains high quality. • Initiate and drive development and improvement work to strengthen and further develop the municipality's rehabilitation services. • Develop guidelines and procedures related to rehabilitation, medical record-keeping, assistive devices, and medical devices in collaboration with operations and MAS, and ensure that procedures and working methods comply with applicable legislation and regulations. • Manage the municipality's assistive device services, including quality, safety, follow-up, and collaboration with the region's assistive device services. • Conduct quality audits, self-inspections, and follow up on deviations; lead investigations and initiate corrective measures. • Provide professional support to managers and employees on matters concerning rehabilitation, assistive devices, and patient safety. • Drive development work and contribute to long-term competence supply within the rehabilitation field. QUALIFICATIONS Qualifications • Licensed occupational therapist or physical therapist. • Several years of experience in rehabilitation, preferably within municipal health and medical care. • Good knowledge of legislation and regulations within health and medical care. • Experience with quality work, patient safety, and development work. • Meritorious experience with assistive device management or similar areas of responsibility. • Ability to work independently, strategically, and in close collaboration with others. • Good communication skills and experience collaborating in complex organizations. • Fluency in Swedish with excellent ability to express yourself in speech and writing. We are looking for someone who • Has an analytical and structured work approach. • Thrives in a role with great responsibility and mandate. • Has an easy time building trust and establishing relationships. • Is passionate about quality, development, and patient safety. We offer • A strategic and important role with significant influence over the municipality's rehabilitation services. • The opportunity to work in a municipality with short decision-making processes and close collaboration between functions. • Competent colleagues and close collaboration with both senior management and staff. • Good opportunities for professional development and flexible work arrangements. • A workplace where we together work to create security and quality in care and services for Sollefteå residents. We welcome your application! Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Until further notice. In Sollefteå Municipality, a number of positions are classified within security class according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). For those positions, security vetting is included in the employment process. Register extract: For positions within elderly care, services for people with disabilities, and services for children and young people, verification of register extract is part of the recruitment process. A form to order a register extract can be downloaded from the Police website: http://polisen.se Please note that we only accept applications via Offentliga jobb. The first time you apply for a job via Offentliga jobb, you register via the link www.offentligajobb.se and enter your information there. You should be careful when filling in your information, as your information forms the basis for processing. When we receive your application, you will receive a confirmation via email. We strive for diversity and equal gender distribution within Sollefteå Municipality. We kindly but firmly request not to be contacted by advertising and recruitment companies.

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job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Sollefteå

GPS

62.3857804, 17.3294368copyopen in

Phone

0620-68 20 19

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8

Published

3. 6. 2026

Edited

22. 6. 2026

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