Occupational Therapist (Full-Time + Benefits!) Durham, NC

ABOUT THRIVE THERAPIES

Thrive Therapies Group is a pediatric healthcare organization on a mission to revolutionize the care of children with disabilities and those facing barriers to access. We provide results-driven services and intelligent tools to support childrens development well-being and health. At the heart of this mission are the people who change the trajectories of childrens lives. We work for them.

We work exclusively in K12 schools because school is where clinical care becomes transformative. Roughly half of all children identified with a disability receive their services in schools not in healthcare settings. For many of those children the school-based clinician is the care. Thrive is built around that reality.

We work exclusively with historically under-resourced neurodiverse K12 communities. Equity isnt a tagline its the core of why we exist. Our school partners request Thrive by name because they want better outcomes for students with disabilities.

WHAT MAKES THRIVE THERAPIES DIFFERENT

OUR MISSION

There are organizations that place clinicians in schools. Thrive is something different. We are a pediatric healthcare organization built around a singular belief: that school is where clinical care becomes transformative that a therapy goal in a clinic is a therapy goal but a therapy goal in a school becomes a friendship on the playground a kid who feels they belong a child who gets to participate in the full arc of childhood. Everything we build our technology our workload model our clinical community exists to protect that work and the clinicians who deliver it.

THE WORKLOAD MODEL

Thrive uses a workload model that accounts for the full scope of OT work evaluations equipment direct service consultation and documentation and sizes your assignment to be sustainable for the long haul.

THE TECHNOLOGY

Our AI-powered tools were built by clinicians who were tired of losing evenings to documentation. They handle evaluation report generation session notes paperwork and progress summaries and they give our clinicians 10 hours back every week. The tools are continuously improved based on clinician feedback. They belong to you as much as anyone.

THE CLINICAL COMMUNITY

You have a community here and are never alone. You have clinical supervision through a role-alike leader quarterly professional development monthly role-alike communities of practice and peers across the organization you can reach every day.

WHAT YOULL DO

As a Thrive OT in the Durham NC region you will deliver school-based occupational therapy services to students K12 whose disabilities affect their ability to access education. Your work will focus on fine motor development sensory processing self-care and classroom participation. You are a full member of the community.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

EVALUATION & ELIGIBILITY

• Conduct comprehensive OT evaluations to determine educational need and IDEA eligibility including assessment of fine motor skills sensory processing visual-motor integration self-care and classroom participation

• Administer and interpret standardized assessment tools (Beery VMI SIPT BOT-2 SPM COPM and others) as appropriate to the referral

• Write evaluation reports that are clinically rigorous educationally relevant and accessible to IEP team members and families

• Participate in eligibility determination meetings and translate OT findings for educational planning purposes

• Conduct re-evaluations (triennials) in accordance with IDEA timelines

IEP DEVELOPMENT & SERVICE DELIVERY

• Develop individualized OT IEP goals targeting skills that affect educational access including handwriting fine motor coordination sensory regulation and functional self-care

• Deliver direct individual and small-group therapy sessions using evidence-based OT frameworks (Ayres Sensory Integration CO-OP sensory diet programming and others)

• Design and implement sensory diets environmental modifications and adaptive equipment recommendations to support classroom participation

• Provide consultative services to teachers and paraprofessionals on sensory accommodations and adaptive strategies

• Maintain accurate timely service logs and progress notes supported by Thrives AI documentation tools

COLLABORATION & ADAPTIVE SUPPORTS

• Partner with SLPs PTs BCBAs school psychologists and special education teachers on integrated student-centered IEP teams

• Evaluate for and recommend adaptive equipment positioning tools and assistive technology to support educational access

• Train teachers paraprofessionals and families on sensory strategies handwriting supports and ADL skill generalization

• Contribute to RTI/MTSS frameworks by providing universal sensory screening and Tier 1/Tier 2 motor skill consultation

• Coordinate with physical therapists on overlapping mobility positioning and motor goals

QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters or bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy from an ACOTE-accredited program

• NBCOT certification (OTR) in good standing

• Active state OT license in good standing or documented initiation of licensure transfer prior to start date

• Knowledge of IDEA IEP process and the educational model of OT

PREFERRED

• 1 years of school-based OT experience

• Training or certification in Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI) or related sensory processing frameworks

• Experience with AAC and assistive technology evaluation and implementation

• Familiarity with RTI/MTSS and universal design for learning (UDL) frameworks

• Experience serving students with autism intellectual disability cerebral palsy or developmental coordination disorder

COMPENSATION STRUCTURE

Compensation is paid over 10 months aligned to the school-year calendar. All figures below reflect the Durham NC market.

BENEFITS OFFERINGS

HEALTH COVERAGE AT NO COST TO YOU (W-2 Employees Only)

• Medical dental and vision insurance Thrive covers 100% of employee premiums

• Coverage begins day one

• Choice of HSA-eligible high-deductible plan or traditional PPO; nationwide PPO network

• Dependent and family coverage available

• 401(k) with up to 5% company match

• Optional voluntary benefits: supplemental life accident critical illness hospital indemnity and FSA

TIME OFF & SCHEDULE (W-2 Employees Only)

• School-year calendar school holidays off amounting to 30 paid days annually

• 3 PTO and 3 sick days

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS (All Employees)

• Malpractice and professional liability insurance fully covered by Thrive; no personal policy required

• Quarterly professional development led by clinical leadership school-based substantive and paid

• Paid Summer Intensive pre-year clinical PD that brings the full Thrive team together annually

• No non-compete agreement your professional mobility is yours to keep

• State OT licensure renewal and NBCOT dues reimbursed annually

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