Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Root Therapy & Wellness; Bozeman (MT); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid documentation time

Flexible scheduling

Full benefits for PT & FT

Job summary

Root Pediatrics in Bozeman, MT is seeking a pediatric occupational therapist to work one-on-one with children and families, focusing on sensory processing, fine motor, daily living, and play in a dedicated pediatric space.

New grads welcome; you will join a multidisciplinary team including other OTs and a speech-language pathologist, with flexible session lengths and locations and the option for part-time or full-time work.

Qualifications

• Master's or doctoral degree in occupational therapy from an accredited program.
• Valid Montana license to practice occupational therapy.
• Pediatric fieldwork/clinical rotations count; new grads welcome.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication with children and families.
• Strong analytical skills for assessing children's needs and building plans.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensive evaluations — Assess each child's physical, cognitive, and sensory abilities, alongside developmental history and family concerns.
• Develop tailored treatment plans — Design developmentally appropriate plans targeting activities of daily living, motor skills, sensory processing, and play.
• Administer therapeutic interventions — Deliver hands-on intervention supporting fine motor, self-care, sensory integration, and social-emotional development.
• Collaborative care — Work closely with parents, caregivers, and other providers on a child-centered plan.
• Monitor and adapt treatment — Track progress and adjust the plan as the child grows and changes.
• Family education and support — Coach parents and caregivers so strategies carry over at home.
• Contribute to practice improvement — Share feedback on therapy practices, processes, and facilities.

Skills

Pediatric experience

Communication

Problem solving

Collaboration

Education

Master's or Doctoral OT degree

Montana OT license

Job description

Root Pediatrics is hiring a pediatric occupational therapist in Bozeman, Montana — part-time or full-time, your call. You’d work with children and families on sensory processing, fine motor skills, daily living, and play — evaluating, planning, and treating one-on‑one in a purpose-built pediatric space.

Pediatrics here bends to the child, not the other way around. You adjust session length to what a kid actually needs that day. You choose the location of service around the child too — the clinic’s peds gym, or home‑based early‑intervention visits when that’s what serves the family. And you’re never doing it alone: pediatric PTs, a speech‑language pathologist, and fellow OTs are down the hall, so multidisciplinary problem‑solving is a conversation, not a referral form.

New grads are welcome. What matters most to us is pediatric experience — fieldwork and clinical rotations with kids count for more than years in practice somewhere else. If you light up working with children and families, we want to talk to you.

How We Work — and Why Therapists Stay

You are the expert here, and the advocate for your patient’s care. That isn’t a slogan — it’s the operating model. You decide what’s best for the people you treat, every session is one‑on‑one, and nobody is ever double‑booked. Your clinical judgment is why we’d hire you, so we don’t override it with a schedule.

A few practical things we’ve built because they matter to real life:

• Paid documentation time, included as needed depending on your schedule load — charting isn’t homework you do for free.
• Real schedule flexibility. Life has family demands, trips worth taking, and days that need to bend. We adjust schedules to make time off actually work — that goes for part‑time and full‑time alike.
• The same benefits at part‑time as full‑time — and health insurance is fully paid once you’re over 25 hours a week. The full list is on our careers page.

How Hiring Works Here

It starts with a phone call — no committee, no personality quiz. If we both like what we hear, you’ll come in and interview in person with someone you’d actually be working beside, see the space, and get honest answers about the caseload. We’ll respond to your application within the week.

An Honest Note About Bozeman

Local candidates, this is your hometown advantage — we’d love to hear from you. If you’d be relocating: Bozeman is a genuinely wonderful place to live and work, and it is genuinely expensive. We can’t offer relocation assistance, so please come with clear eyes about the cost of living. Plenty of people make it work and love it here; we just won’t pretend the math is easy.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensive evaluations — Assess each child's physical, cognitive, and sensory abilities, alongside their developmental history and what the family is actually worried about.
• Develop tailored treatment plans — Design developmentally appropriate plans targeting activities of daily living, motor skills, sensory processing, and play.
• Administer therapeutic interventions — Deliver hands‑on intervention supporting fine motor skills, self‑care, sensory integration, and social‑emotional development.
• Collaborative care — Work closely with parents, caregivers, and other providers on a child‑centered plan that builds independence and confidence.
• Monitor and adapt treatment — Track each child's progress and adjust the plan as they grow and change.
• Family education and support — Coach parents and caregivers so the strategies carry over at home, where most of a child's hours actually happen.
• Contribute to how we practice — Share feedback with the team on our therapy practices, processes, and facilities.

Skills and requirements

• Education — Master's or doctoral degree in occupational therapy from an accredited institution.
• Licensure — Valid Montana license to practice occupational therapy.
• Pediatric experience — Experience with children — fieldwork and clinical rotations count. Pediatric exposure matters more to us than years in practice, and new grads are welcome.
• Communication — Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication with children, families, and other professionals.
• Problem‑solving — Strong analytical skills for assessing children's needs and building plans that meet them.
• Collaboration — Willingness to work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside physical therapists, a speech‑language pathologist, and fellow OTs — and to collaborate with each child's teachers.

Education: Master's or doctoral degree in occupational therapy from an accredited institution. Licensure: Valid Montana license to practice occupational therapy. Pediatric experience: Experience with children — fieldwork and clinical rotations count. Pediatric exposure matters more to us than years in practice, and new grads are welcome. Communication: Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication with children, families, and other professionals. Problem‑solving: Strong analytical skills for assessing children's needs and building plans that meet them. Collaboration: Willingness to work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside physical therapists, a speech‑language pathologist, and fellow OTs — and to collaborate with each child's teachers.