What are the responsibilities and job description for the FT or PT Occupational Therapist/COTA - Reno position at Autism and Brain Institute?
Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) or COTA — Las Vegas & Reno, NV
Autism & Brain Institute (ABI)**
Full-time, part-time, or PRN · Clinic, in-home, or hybrid with telehealth
$60–$70 per visit (OT) · $45–$55 per visit (COTA), plus additional pay for mileage and reporting
Autism & Brain Institute is a specialty pediatric clinic in Las Vegas and Reno. We're hiring occupational therapists and COTAs to work with neurodivergent kids and kids with complex medical needs.
Full-time here is 28–30 visits per week, a real number, not a floor you're expected to beat. You get paid a driving allowance and for your reporting. You choose your setting and build your own schedule.
About ABI
We provide speech-language therapy, AAC evaluation and intervention, occupational therapy and sensory regulation, feeding support, executive function support, and parent coaching to families across Nevada.
Autism, AAC and complex communication are our core focus, not an add-on service line. The kids on your caseload are the ones you trained for, and the clinicians around you know this population as well as you do.
Our care is neuroaffirming by design. We support the child in front of us, their communication, regulation and autonomy, rather than working toward a neurotypical performance. Feeding work is pressure-free and autonomy-respecting. Caregivers are treated as partners, because they're the people with the child all week.
What you'll do
- Evaluate and treat children with autism, ADHD, sensory differences and complex medical needs
- Build motor, regulation and daily-living goals around your client's actual environments — home, school, mealtimes
- Coach caregivers so progress continues between sessions
- Collaborate with SLPs, AAC specialists and feeding clinicians on shared cases (many of our kids use AAC devices; if that's new to you, you'll learn it here)
- Keep clear, timely documentation
What we offer
Pay stated plainly. $60–$70 per visit for OTs, $45–$55 per visit for COTAs, with additional pay for gas and for reporting. No mystery bonus structures.
Flexible scheduling. 28–30 visits per week is full-time. Early starts, compressed weeks, school-hours-only, build it around your life.
Your choice of setting. Clinic, in-home, or hybrid with some telehealth, in Las Vegas or Reno.
PTO and benefits for full-time roles.
A CEU budget. Bring us the AAC, feeding or sensory integration training you want. We'd rather fund it than watch you outgrow the job.
Clinical autonomy, with backup. You run your caseload and make the clinical calls. You're not doing it alone — there's a team of specialists here who will pick up the phone.
Specialty depth. Our AAC and autism caseload is experience that's genuinely hard to find elsewhere in Nevada. You will get better at this work here.
What we're looking for
- Licensed or license-eligible as an OT or COTA in Nevada
- Strong documentation and time-management skills, you can carry your own caseload
- Commitment to clinical excellence and family-centered care
- BLS certification, annual physical and TB test
Pediatric, AAC, feeding or sensory integration experience is a plus, not a prerequisite.
How to apply
Email your resume to ceo@autismbraininstitute.com for immediate consideration.
Not sure whether you're a fit?
Send it anyway and ask, we read everything, and we answer.
More about how we work: www.autismbraininstitute.com
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Continuing education credits
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Reno, NV
Salary : $60 - $70