Occupational Therapist (full time)

Creative Speech Solutions; Summit (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k program

PTO

Medical benefits

Job summary

Creative Speech Solutions in Summit, NJ, is hiring a full-time Occupational Therapist to join its team. The role focuses on delivering therapy to children with various diagnoses, including Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD. Responsibilities include evaluations, progress documentation, and collaboration with other professionals.

Qualified candidates must have a Master’s degree, a NJ State License, and two years of relevant experience. Benefits include 401k, PTO, and medical insurance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of work experience in pediatric private practice and/or school setting.
• Certification or continuing education in related programs is a plus.
• Patience, persistence, and ability to work independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide evaluations and direct therapy for pediatric patients.
• Create home exercise programs and collaborate with other professionals.
• Maintain documentation, including daily and progress notes.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Experience with sensory processing disorders

Experience with motor planning difficulties

Experience with visual motor skills

Education

Master's degree in Occupational Therapy

NJ State License

NJ BOE School Certificate

Job description

Creative Speech Solutions, LLC (a pediatric therapy center located in Summit, NJ) is hiring full‑time experienced Occupational Therapists to join our growing team.

Occupational therapists at Creative Speech Solutions specialize in treating children with a wide variety of diagnoses and levels of functioning. The duties of this position include providing evaluations and direct therapy for the pediatric population in a combination of school‑based setting and clinic‑based setting. Treatment involves one‑on‑one/group sessions with children. The most common diagnoses treated are Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Apraxia, cerebral palsy, Global Developmental Delay, and Sensory Processing Disorder.

In addition to direct treatment, responsibilities could also include writing daily notes, progress notes, evaluations, report writing, treatment collaboration, case management, IEP development and adherence to all NJ state special education laws, creating home exercise programs, counseling caretakers, and collaborating with speech therapists, school therapists, and teachers.

A minimum of 2 evening hours is required in office. Recent graduate positions require Saturday hours 3 times per month for the first year of employment.

Candidates interested in this OT role at CSS are required to have the following:

• Master’s degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy program
• Satisfactory completion of Certification Examination of National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapists (Maintenance of registration required)
• NJ State License and NJ BOE School Certificate
• Minimum of two years of work experience in pediatric private practice and/or school setting
• Candidates should be experienced in treating sensory processing disorders, motor planning difficulties, decreased strength, and gross motor skills, as well as visual motor and fine motor skills.
• Certification or continuing education in The Listening Program, Handwriting Without Tears, Visual Processing disorders, splints.
• Effective communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills and a strong desire to work with children with developmental disabilities
• Patience, persistence and ability to work independently and as an integral part of a team

401k program, PTO and medical benefits insurance available to eligible (based on # of hours working each week) employees.

Applicants who meet the requirements below should forward resume and salary requirements to [e-mail].

ONLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.