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About Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services (POTS)
POTS is an energetic, fun-loving pediatric occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physical therapy team seeking pediatric occupational therapists (3+ years of experience) with expertise in sensory processing, feeding, or handling/treating infants and babies. We have prided ourselves for providing cutting-edge pediatric, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physical therapy in our state-of-the-art sensory gyms since 1991. Our clients range from birth to 21 years of age. Primary therapeutic approaches include sensory integration treatment, feeding (e.g., Talk Tools, SOS, AEIOU), Floortime, Handwriting Without Tears, listening therapies, NDT, motor learning, DMI, Medek, and biomechanical approaches. Among the areas we address are sensory processing, praxis, self-regulation, self-care, handwriting, gross and fine motor development, visual perception, and feeding. We are unique in our commitment to evaluating and treating the whole child and partnering with the important people in a child's life.
Pediatric Occupational Therapist Job Description:
We are looking for an occupational therapist with a strong background in feeding, handling skills and sensory processing disorder. The best candidates are therapists with demonstrated leadership ability who are upbeat, organized, self-motivated problem solvers who want to be part of a team of a dedicated passionate therapists. Here are the skills we are looking for:
- Evaluate new patients
- Provide occupational therapy services to children birth through 21 using the therapeutic approaches that best meet the child's unique needs
- Design and monitor effective home programs, sensory diets, and school strategies, as needed, that meet the child's needs and family's capacity for follow-through
- Provide occupational therapy services within a private school classroom that enable children to better function and thrive in that environment
- Collaborate with parents and teachers to set functional goals in person and virtually
- Participate in team meetings and workshops
- Participate in program development, such as summer camp programs, after-school groups, and feeding groups
Pediatric Occupational Therapist Required Skills
- Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy
- 3+ years experience providing pediatric occupational therapy to children in a sensory gym setting.
- Experience in treating children with a wide range of challenges, including Sensory Processing Disorder and Autism
- Handling skills and experience with neurodevelopmental approaches (e.g., NDT or DMI, CME, or Medek)
- Feeding
- Demonstrated leadership experience
- NJ State Occupational Therapy License; NBCOT
- Desire to work long term in a warm supportive environment
- Compassionate, caring, collaborative, willing to go the extra mile for your families
- Excellent problem-solving skills and analytic abilities
- Willingness to work in our Teaneck and Waldwick locations
- Ability to meet the child where they are and build a warm therapeutic relationship with the child and family
- Ability to conduct assessments and evaluations using standardized evaluation tools and clinical observations to determine the child's strengths and challenges, collaborate on goal setting with caregivers, and generate a comprehensive report of findings
- Provide effective treatment sessions to meet the child's functional goals
- Experience treating clients within the classroom and collaborating with teachers
- Excellent communication skills with parents, children, and co-workers
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing education
- Additional specialty certifications such as sensory processing (MNRI, Julia Harper or CLASI, DIR/Floortime/Autism Play Project, Handwriting Without Tears, Brain Gym, and Executive Function are a plus
- Advanced training in feeding (e.g., SOS, AEIOU, Talk Tools) is a plus
Salary commensurate with experience
FULL-TIME - Hours must include 10+ hours after 3:30pm and/or weekends
Pay: Full-Time $75, 000 - $85,000.00 per year
Per Diem $65.00-80.00/60-minute session
Full-Time Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $78,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
Medical specialties:
- Pediatrics
- Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine
Role characteristics:
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
Schedule:
- After school
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
- Weekends only
Work setting:
- In-person
- Private practice
Application Question(s):
- Why are you a great fit for POTS?
Please include a cover letter
- Are you applying for a full-time; part-time/after-school; part-time/weekend or an occasional coverage position?
- What specialty training or advanced certifications do you have (such as SOS, DIR, DMI, NDT, etc.)?
Education:
Experience:
- pediatric OT: 3 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- NJ OT license (Required)
- NJ school certificate (Preferred)
Work Location: In person