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Beitostølen Health Sports Center offers rehabilitation/habilitation stays for children and adolescents (2-17 years), young adults (18-29 years) and adults (from 30 years) with various diagnoses, disabilities and functional levels.
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Children and adolescents 2-17 years old
Young adults 18-29 years old
Adults from 30 years old

Beitostølen Health Sports Center offers rehabilitation/habilitation stays for children and adolescents (2-17 years), young adults (18-29 years) and adults (from 30 years) with various diagnoses, disabilities and functional levels. Patients are admitted after referral from a doctor, preferably with additional information from a physiotherapist, occupational therapist or others who know the patient well. 

Click on the boxes below to find more information about the offer we have for the different target groups, regarding application for residency, and about professional days at Beitostølen Health Sports Center. Here you will also find information about the "Local Environment Model" (LMM).

Children and youth
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Adults
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Professional days
The local environment model

We welcome around 200 students from colleges and universities for study practice each year. Most are students in sports science, but also many in physiotherapy, occupational therapy or other health sciences. We have several physiotherapists on rotation at any given time. With an interdisciplinary approach and great emphasis on user contact in practice situations, knowledge and attitudes in the field are acquired through an opportunity-oriented approach.

Beitostølen Health Sports Center (BHSS) also offers the entire education course for the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (FMR) and 6 months of service with relevant learning activities for the medical specialty of General Medicine (AM). Clinical service or internship at BHSS is also a relevant supplementary service and/or continuing education for other medical specialties such as neurology and pediatrics.

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Education and knowledge dissemination
General education plan for physical medicine and rehabilitation

Beitostølen Health Sports Center conducts development work and research activities that contribute to promoting active participation in a life-course perspective. We have a large national and international research network. Click on the boxes below to find more current information.

If you have any questions about our FOUI activities, please contact FOUI coordinator Berit Gjessing, email: berit.gjessing@bhss.no , Tel.: 61 34 08 00/959 74 111

Research and development
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Beitostølen Health Sports Center has approximately 130 employees. The staff includes doctors, nurses and health secretaries, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, sports educators, riding instructors, social workers, activity leaders, caretakers, cleaners, kitchen/dining room employees and administrative personnel. 

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Please contact us if you have any questions about the center or the rehabilitation/habilitation offer. 

Address: Sentervegen 4, 2953 Beitostølen

Phone: +47 61 34 08 00

Email the administration: post@bhss.no

Email the doctor's office: legekontor@bhss.no 

Organizational numbers: 971 436 875

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Vacancies

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If we have vacancies, you will find a link to them here. 

Beitostølen Health Sports Centre (BHSS) is a rehabilitation institution within the specialist health service that provides rehabilitation/habilitation services to children, adolescents and adults with various diagnoses, disabilities and functional levels. Activity and participation, with a focus on opportunities rather than limitations, are our fundamental guiding principles. Through adapted physical activity, combined with medical, educational and social support, participants are given tools to challenge their own limits and create new arenas for mastery. Every year, around 900 children, adolescents and adults come for rehabilitation/habilitation stays at BHSS. 

In parallel with the rehabilitation/habilitation offer, continuous development work and research activities are conducted that contribute to promoting active participation in a life-course perspective. Over more than 50 years, we have built up unique expertise in the field, and BHSS has a large national and international research network. BHSS also disseminates knowledge through courses, seminars and educational programs, mainly within the core area of ​​"physical activity and disability".

BHSS has approximately 130 employees spread across a broad interdisciplinary environment. The staff includes:

  • Doctors, nurses and health secretaries

  • Physiotherapists and occupational therapists

  • Physical education teachers

  • Riding instructors

  • Sociologist

  • Activity leaders

  • Administrative staff, including reception

  • Kitchen, cleaning and janitorial services

  • Skilled colleagues in an exciting and development-oriented professional environment

  • Work in an interdisciplinary environment with professionally challenging tasks

  • A good and inclusive working environment, with activities organized by the staff association and the company sports team

  • Favorable pension agreement in KLP and insurance schemes

  • Assistance with housing acquisition if needed

Beitostølen Helsesportsenter is located at the entrance to Jotunheimen in Øystre Slidre municipality in Valdres. Valdres stretches from lush water and forested valleys in the south, to Jotunheimen's mighty 2000-meter peaks in the north. The region offers a varied range of activities throughout the year.

Beitostølen city center with grocery stores, sports shops, banks, restaurants, etc. is located 1-2 km from Beitostølen Health Sports Center.
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