Physiotherapist

Welcome to work at the Koskela Senior Center service center! The operation of the City of Helsinki's service centers is intended for Helsinki retirees and unemployed people. The service center is an open meeting place that supports living at home, promotes well-being and alleviates experiences of loneliness. Activities and services are generally free for customers. We are looking for a motivated physiotherapist for our work community who enjoys working with elderly people. As a physiotherapist in the service center, you will need good interaction skills and a desire to develop our operations. The work is independent, although you work together with another physiotherapist as part of a multidisciplinary team. Both an independent work approach and good teamwork skills are important. In addition to physiotherapist services, the customer receives service guidance and counseling from a social instructor at the service center. The customer can participate in peer-supported group activities, hobby activities, various events or act as a volunteer. The physiotherapist's job description in the service center includes, among other things, physiotherapy and exercise counseling, planning and guidance of exercise and gym groups, as well as multidisciplinary cooperation and development. In your work, you will also need good IT skills. Guidance and group instruction should be successful in Finnish. Swedish language skills are considered an advantage. Koskela Senior Center and the Service Center operating under it belong to the City of Helsinki's social, health and rescue sector. We also have a lot of joint activities with the 24-hour units of the Koskela Senior Center. If you feel that you are eager to develop and grow and want to be involved in implementing a valuable everyday life for elderly people, apply to us! A group interview will be organized for those invited on August 26, 2026, at 4:00 PM, and individual interviews will be held later for those selected. The start date of the employment relationship is August 31, 2026, or by agreement. We offer you: - support of a competent team and a warm, encouraging work community - a work community where the goal is to meet everyone equally and appreciatively - orientation involving your supervisor, colleagues and the entire team - City of Helsinki staff benefits, such as lunch benefit and Epassi Flex (exercise, culture, well-being and commuting, max. €550/year depending on the length of the employment relationship) - the opportunity to apply for a rental apartment in Auroranlinna, which is cheaper than market level and our employees have priority Interested? Leave your application through our recruitment system. Please fill in the application in Finnish - we only process applications filled in Finnish. We will contact you by email or telephone once your application has been processed. Eligibility requirements: Degree of Bachelor of Physiotherapy or previous college-level degree. The position requires legalization in Finland according to the Act on Health Care Professionals 559/1994. Language requirement is good oral and satisfactory written skill in Finnish. Before the selection decision, the applicant must present an occupational health assessment of their ability to perform the tasks involved in the work. The position requires vaccination protection according to Section 48 of the Communicable Diseases Act and a tuberculosis certificate according to Section 55. The position requires the presentation of a criminal record extract for those working with elderly people (Act on the Supervision of Social and Health Care 741/2023, Section 28). Swedish language skills are considered an advantage.