If you are interested in applying to this position, please email your resume to our director jesssica@leapsandsounds.org

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Leaps and Sounds Pediatric Rehabilitation is a non-profit pediatric outpatient rehabilitation clinic which serves children 0-21. We are located in the heart of Geauga county on The Chardon Square. Our organization was founded and continues to be operated by a speech-language pathologist which means the focus is on the therapists and the children we serve; not big-business. As a small organization, we can maximize our positive effects on the community and build an excellent program for our employees. With no red tape to fight, we can focus on what matters.  Currently we offer comprehensive speech-language services, occupational therapy services and feeding therapy. At this time, we are looking to expand our OT program by adding a part-time (20-30 hours) Occupational Therapist. 

 

The Clinic: Our clinic works off the medical model, meaning children come 30-45 minutes per session, generally 1-2x/week. Their caregivers are engaged and present in the sessions and take an active role to collaborate in the treatments and home programming. Through this joint-effort and one-on-one intervention, our therapists can really see the impact they are making as evidenced by skills growth. We do our own evaluations and are not restricted to the rules that are common with the county or school systems (ie. IEPs). Each therapist has access to private treatment rooms,  a shared sensory gym and a library of games and materials. All clinical tools are paid for by the clinic and our director is always open to expanding upon materials.

 

Program Development: We currently have one, part-time OT (Mon/Tue) and are looking to add another OT (Wed/Thurs, opt. Fri). As the OTs will generally not be in the building together, the new OT must be independently manage their own caseload. 

 

Start/Hours: This position can start immediately, or we can be flexible to accommodate a later start date for the right candidate. Hours MUST be 8am-6pm Wednesdays and Thursdays at a minimum,  with the option to add Friday if desired. As we expand into our space, this position will have the opportunity to grow to full-time. 

 

Schedule:

 

• No weekends, no holidays, no on-call. Appointments are scheduled/planned in advance.

• Part-time: 2 (or 3), 10 hour days. Position can start part time and grow to be full time as the clinic expands.

• Paid 1 hour lunch break (i.e paid 20 hours with only 18 schedulable hours, etc.)

• 8am-6pm

• Seven paid holidays

• Additional PTO given upon start date.

• Flexible schedule: The expectation is to be in-clinic only when there are patients scheduled, when paperwork is outstanding or meetings are scheduled. Work-life balance is a high priority to our organization.

• No meetings scheduled or take-home documentation outside of clinical hours.

• Documentation is 100% electronic in an EMR (Fusion), which is very user friendly and speedy.

 

Benefits:

 

• Salaried position with W-2: not based on hours worked, treatments provided or patient attendance (67% productivity expectation).

• Minimum base-salary for full-time: $66,560.00 (or $32.00/hour)

• Paid CEUs via occupationaltherapy.com annually; additional specialty courses on request. 

• Paid Ohio State license upon 6+ month employment

• High-priority to develop a therapist's interests/specialties and provide access to appropriate CEU courses and fund program development.

• Highly collaborative environment with years of experience for mentorship and support in pediatrics

• Massive shared resource room with: games, materials formal assessments, toys, sensory gym

• Flexible budget to acquire desired therapy materials upon request

• Paid liability insurance

• Freedom to develop and guide treatment based on clinical-opinion

• Non-profit status allows access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) plan after certain employment requirements are met

 

Population Served:

 

• ages: birth-21

• Any diagnosis in the scope of practice for occupational therapy: (i.e. fine motor, sensory integration, visual perception, feeding problems, upper extremity ROM/strength/coordination, executive function, emotional regulation, etc.)

• Children typically may have general developmental delays or can be more medically involved including genetic syndromes, congenital abnormalities, seizure disorders, various injuries/illnesses, neurodiversity

• Mild-profound severity

• There is an excellent clinical mix with a diverse caseload.

 

Requirements:

 

• Master’s or Doctoral degree in Occupational Therapy

• Active Ohio state license and national license (OTR/L)

• Desire to actively engage in a highly collaborative environment, enjoy engaging with coworkers and be an effective supporting team member

• Can manage a caseload independently

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