What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pediatric Feeding Therapist (Occupational Therapist or Speech Language Pathologist) position at MARSHALL PEDIATRIC THERAPY LLC?
Pediatric Feeding Therapist (OT or SLP)
Highly competitive compensation based on years of experience and related specialties
Full-time and part-time opportunities available
A baby who cannot coordinate a bottle, a toddler whose safe list has dropped to three foods, a child weaning off a tube and learning to trust a spoon. Those are the referrals that reach us from pediatricians, specialists, and NICU follow-up teams across Central Kentucky. Feeding is a specialty here, and those referrals go to occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists who carry feeding on their caseload every week, with oral motor work, sensory feeding, tube weaning, and tethered oral tissues.
We have been doing this since 2013, and we have stayed strong and steady through every season. Pediatric therapy never stops changing. We have met each shift head on, kept our footing, and kept growing, adding new tools and building out specialty paths along the way. Because a therapist owns this company and not an outside investment firm, that growth gets chosen on purpose. That steadiness is part of why our team members stay 5, 8, and 10 years and still find room to grow.
“Marshall Pediatric Therapy is an incredible place to work and I plan to be here for many many years. The management and onboarding from day one is positive, uplifting, and geared for your benefit. I firmly believe that everyone in this company wants to see me succeed.” — Physical Therapist, Lexington
We are family-owned, built on a belief that you cannot care for a child without caring for the whole family around them. It takes a village, and for more than 2,000 families across Central Kentucky, Marshall has become part of that village. Pam Marshall, OTR/L, founded the practice and owns and runs it with her husband, Jim. We work by five values, love, excellence, happiness, family, and courage, and you feel them in how we treat each other and our families.
A look at the benefits, most of them 100% employer-paid for full-time staff:
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, life, direct primary care with no copays, and professional liability insurance
- Up to 184 hours of PTO and holiday pay a year, growing with tenure, including a full week off at Christmas
- Flexible scheduling, including a 4-day workweek option
- AI-assisted documentation support
- 401(k) and Roth with up to a 4% company match, annual merit raises, and monetary or earn-back PTO bonuses
- Room to grow into the specialty areas you want, backed by CEU reimbursement up to $1,000 a year, up to 16 hours of CEU PTO, and in-house learning continuums
- Up to 40 paid hours a year to serve on a volunteer Mission trip
- EKU tuition discount through the EKU Advantage Program
- Opportunities to grow into our Intensive Therapy program
You’re a good fit if:
- You are an Occupational Therapist with current Kentucky OT licensure and NBCOT certification or a Speech-Language Pathologist with current Kentucky licensure and a master's degree from a university with ASHA approved curriculum
- You hold current CPR and First Aid certification
- You want feeding to be a core part of your weekly caseload with children ages 0 to 21, and you bring hands-on experience with oral motor treatment, sensory-based feeding, and texture and food progression
- You are comfortable with infants and medically complex children, including bottle and breastfeeding support and tube weaning, and you can read a swallow study and turn the recommendations into a treatment plan
- You like collaborating on a multidisciplinary team
- You take pride in seeing both your patients and your team grow
- You communicate clearly with your team, with families, and in your documentation, and you coach parents through home carryover programs
- You have experience with, or interest in learning, telehealth
- You bring training in one or more approaches, such as SOS, Beckman, Talk Tools, food chaining, or TOTS
- Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus
We hire intentionally, because fit matters more than filling a seat. For candidates moving forward, the process includes a job shadow, time in the clinic to meet the team, ask questions, and get to know Marshall.
Want to see it before you apply?
Visit our website at www.marshallpediatrictherapy.com and our social media pages @marshallpediatrictherapy for additional information about our company and culture.
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A Day in the Life at Marshall:
https://youtu.be/hkSLYwxU17w
How our AI Documentation Support Works:
https://youtu.be/Tt3FcT6KhDo
Any questions? You can contact Sara Smith, Operations Assistant, at ssmith@marshallpediatrictherapy.com or 859-347-2462 and we can start a conversation.
If you’ve read this far, you are closer to joining a new and rewarding work family. Begin our application process today. We look forward to meeting you!
- Pam and Jim Marshall, Owners
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