Occupational Therapists

Excellent Montessori is hiring part time occupational therapists to provide care for students K-8.

Position Summary:

Pediatric Occupational Therapist provides evaluation and therapeutic services to infants, children, and adolescents who experience developmental, sensory, physical, or cognitive challenges. The therapist supports children in developing the skills needed for daily living, learning, play, and social participation, while collaborating closely with families and interdisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate fine motor, sensory processing, visual-motor, self-care, and functional skills in pediatric patients
• Develop and implement individualized, goal-oriented treatment plans
• Deliver play-based, evidence-based occupational therapy interventions
• Support development of activities of daily living (ADLs) such as dressing, feeding, handwriting, and self-regulation
• Provide sensory integration strategies and environmental adaptations
• Educate parents, caregivers, and teachers on home programs and carryover strategies
• Monitor progress and adjust treatment plans as appropriate
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation in compliance with regulatory and organizational standards
• Collaborate with physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, educators, physicians, and other professionals
• Participate in Individualized Education Program (IEP) or IFSP meetings when applicable
• Ensure a safe, supportive, and engaging therapy environment for children and families

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program
• Current state licensure or eligibility for licensure as an Occupational Therapist
• Experience working with pediatric populations preferred (clinical rotations acceptable)
• Knowledge of child development, sensory processing, and pediatric conditions
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills

• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.

• Train caregivers or other non-medical personnel.
• Record patient medical histories.
• Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
• Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
• Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
• Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
• Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
• Design public or employee health programs.
• Direct healthcare delivery programs.
• Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
• Design public or employee health programs.
• Train medical providers.
• Supervise patient care personnel.
• Design medical devices or appliances.
• Fabricate medical devices.
• Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
• Clean medical equipment or facilities.
• Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
• Advise communities or institutions regarding health or safety issues.
• Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
• Encourage patients or clients to develop life skills.

• FileMaker Pro
• Microsoft Excel
• Adaptive cutlery
• Adjustable beds
• Alternative computer keyboards
• BillingTracker
• Braille printers
• Casamba Smart
• Computer drawing software
• Computer switch interfaces
• Crick Software Clicker 4
• Drill presses
• Duxbury Braille Translator
• Electric knives
• Electric wheelchairs
• Electronic blood pressure units
• Email software
• Exercise balls
• Gait and transfer belts
• Goniometers
• HMS
• Hoists
• Internet browser software
• Joy sticks
• Language arts educational software
• Laptop computers
• Lathes
• Lexrotech LxPediatric
• Lift chairs
• Looms
• Manual blood pressure cuffs
• Math educational software
• Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Music software
• OpenOffice WRITER
• Orthotics
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Physical education educational software
• Portable scanning pens
• Power drills
• Power sanders
• Pressure care garments
• Pulleys
• Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
• Resistive exercise bands
• Saws
• Science educational software
• Scooters
• Screen magnification software
• Screen reader software
• Sewing machines
• Single-cut mill saw files
• Social studies educational software
• Soldering irons
• Special education educational software
• Speech recognition software
• Splints
• Spreadsheet software
• Switch use tools
• Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud
• Tactile graphic production kits software
• Text reader software
• Text scanning software
• Text to speech software
• Tongue switches
• Trackballs
• Trackpads
• Video cameras
• Video magnifiers
• Voice output communication aids
• Weights
• Wheelchairs
• Wheeled walkers
• Wobble switches
• Word processing software