Licensed Occupational Therapist

Prava Therapy; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Prava Therapy is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join Memory Care services in a part-time role with growth to full-time as the program expands.

The OT will deliver occupation-based care to residents living with dementia, participate in a falls-technology pilot, and adapt therapy to real-life routines to improve safety and engagement. You will collaborate with the Prava team and families to translate technology into practical clinical interventions that matter in daily life.

Qualifications

• Experience working with residents who have dementia.
• Ability to integrate real-world ADLs and routines into treatment.
• Interest in technology and innovation in therapy.
• Ability to adapt therapy to the resident's environment and needs.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate residents and develop individualized plans of care.
• Provide OT focused on meaningful occupations.
• Incorporate real-world ADLs and routines into treatment.
• Support evening ADLs and functional participation.
• Address environmental barriers and adaptations.
• Use cueing, sequencing, compensatory strategies, and environmental modification.
• Partner with caregivers and community teams.
• Participate in the falls technology pilot.
• Help translate emerging technology into practical clinical intervention.
• Build relationships with residents and learn the person behind the diagnosis.

Skills

Dementia care

Occupation-based care

Technology curiosity

Clinical reasoning

Caregiver collaboration

Job description

Part-Time to Full-Time Occupational Therapist | Memory Care | Help Us Rethink What OT Can Be

Memory Care | Part-Time to Full-Time

What if your next OT opportunity gave you room to grow—and a chance to help shape what's next?

At Prava, we believe Memory Care therapy should look different.

We're looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our team in a part-time role with the opportunity to grow into full-time as the program develops.

And this isn't just another Memory Care OT position.

You'll have the opportunity to be part of an exciting pilot involving emerging falls technology, helping us explore how technology and clinical expertise can work together to better identify risk, support intervention, and keep residents safer.

You’ll be practicing therapy—and helping us build what comes next.

The best OT session might not look like a therapy session.

It might look like getting dressed for dinner.

Brushing your teeth.

Navigating a familiar routine.

Participating in an activity.

Finding a way to successfully complete something a resident has done their entire life.

That's where OT belongs.

At Prava, we want therapy to happen where life actually happens.

We don't just work bankers' hours.

Because residents don't live bankers' hours.

For this position, we're particularly interested in the value of evening ADL intervention.

Getting ready for dinner.

Dressing.

Grooming.

Toileting.

Positioning.

Transitioning into the evening.

Preparing for bed.

These aren't just tasks.

They're occupations.

And they can be some of the most meaningful therapy opportunities of the day.

We don't expect the resident to fit the therapy.

We adapt the therapy to the resident.

Someone living with dementia may not be able to tell you what's making a task difficult.

Maybe the environment is overwhelming.

Maybe the routine has changed.

Maybe the instructions are too complicated.

Maybe the cueing needs to be different.

Maybe the task needs to be broken down.

Maybe we need to change our approach, not ask the resident to try harder.

That's where great OT comes in.

And then there's the falls pilot.

We're exploring how new technology can help us understand and address fall risk in Memory Care.

As part of this role, you'll have an opportunity to participate in the pilot and bring your clinical OT perspective to the work.

You’ll help us ask better questions:

What are we seeing?

What is the resident telling us?

What is the environment telling us?

What can technology help us see?

And most importantly—what do we do with what we learn?

This isn't technology replacing clinical judgment.

It's technology giving clinicians more information to work with.

And you'll be part of figuring out what that looks like in practice.

Your role

You’ll provide meaningful, occupation-based care to residents living with dementia while collaborating closely with the broader Prava team.

You'll have opportunities to:

• Evaluate residents and develop individualized plans of care
• Provide skilled OT focused on meaningful occupations
• Incorporate real-world ADLs and routines into treatment
• Support evening ADLs and functional participation
• Address environmental barriers and recommend meaningful adaptations
• Use cueing, sequencing, compensatory strategies, and environmental modification
• Partner with caregivers and community teams
• Participate in the falls technology pilot
• Help translate emerging technology into practical clinical intervention
• Build relationships with residents and learn the person behind the diagnosis

We're looking for an OT who:

• Loves working with older adults living with dementia
• Believes occupation is at the center of OT
• Gets excited about real-world ADL intervention
• Is curious about technology and innovation
• Wants to help shape something new
• Is patient, creative, observant, and adaptable
• Builds relationships naturally
• Believes dignity should never be sacrificed for efficiency
• Wants to practice clinically and creatively
• Sees the environment as part of the intervention

Maybe you're looking for your next job.

We're looking for someone who wants to help build what's next.

Start part-time.

Grow into full-time.

Practice OT where life happens.

Help us explore what technology can add to great clinical care.

And help residents living with dementia continue doing the things that make their lives theirs.

Come practice OT differently.

Come practice Prava.