Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Pediatric Occupational Therapist – Clinic School-Based

Location: Metairie, LA

Company: Kim4Kids

Job Types: Full-time or Part-time | In Person

Love Helping Kids Thrive? Want a Workplace That Values You AND Your Time?

Kim4Kids is looking for a warm, creative Pediatric OT to join our growing team. This role blends clinic-based sessions with school-based support, giving you variety, flexibility, and meaningful relationships with kids, families, and educators.

We are a tech-forward, family-centered, and growth-minded practice where your ideas matter and your time is respected.

Why Therapists Choose Kim4Kids

AI-Driven, Ultra-Fast Documentation:

• Progress notes auto-generated with smart clinical prompts.
• Daily notes completed in under 1 minute using talk-to-text and instant translation directly into a clean SOAP-note format.
• Evals generated and finalized in under 10 minutes using automated sections, scoring support, and diagnostic language.
• Goals auto-updated across all notes and reports to keep documentation consistent and error-free.
• Smart templates and auto-fill tools that pull in goals, metrics, session data, and prior notes to streamline every step.
  
  

Playful, Relationship-Based Therapy (Floor Time Approach): We follow a Floor Time–enriched model grounded in connection, engagement, and developmental growth.

• Child-led play.
• Co-regulation and emotional development.
• Social communication and higher-level thinking.
  
  

And we pay for your official Floor Time certification if you’d like to pursue it.

True Interdisciplinary Team: You’ll collaborate daily with:

• Pediatric physical therapists.
• Speech-language pathologists.
• Pediatric therapy techs who support setup, transitions, and carryover.
  
  

Together we provide whole-child support across motor, sensory, communication, and social-emotional domains.

What Your Role Looks Like In Schools

• Supporting students in classrooms, resource rooms, or therapy spaces.
• Coaching teachers on simple OT strategies that fit into daily routines.
• Helping kids with regulation, motor skills, self-help, and participation.
• Participating in IEPs and team meetings (support provided if new to schools).
  
  

In The Clinic

• Fun, sensory-rich, play-based OT sessions.
• Parent coaching and home strategies.
• Option to incorporate Animal-Assisted Therapy with our trained therapy dogs.
• Ability to develop special groups (fine motor, social, feeding, handwriting, etc.).
  
  

Compensation & Benefits

• Hybrid pay structure with competitive billable-hour rates and administrative-rate pay, designed to reward both productivity and high-quality clinical work.
• BCBS health, vision, dental.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• PTO paid holidays.
• CE stipend Floor Time certification paid for by Kim4Kids.
• MacBook provided.
• Mileage reimbursement for school travel.
• Flexible scheduling between clinic and school settings.
  
  

Qualifications

• Occupational Therapy degree (accredited program).
• Louisiana OT license (or eligibility).
• Love working with children ages 2–12.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable with technology and AI-based tools.
• Experience with sensory processing, motor delays, autism, ADHD, or willingness to learn.
• New grads welcome — mentoring provided.
  
  

Who Thrives Here: We’re looking for OTs who are:

• Warm, playful, and relationship-driven.
• Creative thinkers who enjoy variety.
• Eager to collaborate across disciplines.
• Passionate about helping kids succeed in real-life environments.
• Ready for a workplace that is supportive, modern, and fun.
  
  

Ready to Join Us?

Send your resume and cover letter to: Kim@kim4kidsnola.com

Serving children across the New Orleans metro area. Join us in building brighter futures — for kids and for you.