Job Description

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.

About Kim4Kids:

Kim4Kids is a multidisciplinary pediatric therapy practice offering Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Therapy services to support children in developing meaningful, functional skills across all environments. Our team partners closely with families, schools, and healthcare providers to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care through a whole-child lens. We help children strengthen fine motor abilities, handwriting, motor coordination, sensory processing, emotional regulation, feeding, articulation, expressive/receptive language, pragmatic/social communication, and early literacy-building skills. Whether services occur in the clinic, at school, or within the community, our goal remains the same: to help every child grow with confidence and thrive in daily life.

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