Occupational Therapist

Full-Time Occupational Therapist or COTA Job Opening

Start Date: Fall 2026

Location: Northglenn, Colorado

Pay: $60,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year (Base Salary + Quarterly Productivity Bonus)

Why Join Our Team

Children’s Therapy Services of Colorado (CTSC) is more than a pediatric therapy clinic—we’re a passionate, multidisciplinary team dedicated to helping children of all abilities thrive. Through Speech, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), we work together to provide individualized, strengths-based care that respects each child’s unique needs, strengths, and way of engaging with the world.

We believe meaningful therapy should support independence, self-advocacy, participation, and quality of life while honoring the individual child and partnering closely with their family.

If you’re an Occupational Therapist who values neurodiversity-affirming, child-centered care, loves collaborating across disciplines, and wants to work in an environment where your expertise and clinical perspective are respected and supported, we’d love to meet you!

Position:

The Pediatric Occupational Therapist serves children from birth through early adolescence with a variety of developmental, sensory, neurological, congenital, and acquired needs, including autistic and neurodivergent children. Using a neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based, and child-centered approach, the therapist will assess each child’s unique strengths and needs and develop individualized treatment plans that support independence, self-advocacy, regulation, meaningful participation, and quality of life.

This role requires creativity, adaptability, and a strong understanding of child development, sensory processing, and regulation, along with the ability to respect each child’s individual communication style, sensory preferences, and ways of engaging with the world. Therapists partner closely with children and families to support meaningful goals across daily routines, self-care, play, school readiness, and community participation.

The position is primarily based at our Northglenn clinic and may also include providing Early Intervention services to children ages 0–3 in their homes, working collaboratively with families to support participation and development within everyday routines.

Primary Responsibility:

As a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, you’ll help children build meaningful skills that increase independence, confidence, self-advocacy, and participation.

Duties:

Evaluation and Treatment: Evaluate and treat children with developmental, physical, sensory, and cognitive needs. Conduct therapy sessions using evidence-based interventions in individual and group settings.

Treatment Planning: Create individualized therapy plans targeting fine motor skills, sensory processing, self-care tasks (e.g., dressing, feeding), visual-motor integration, and play-based goals.

Family Education: Educate and coach families on techniques and strategies to support development and progress toward therapy goals.

Functional Skill Development: Use therapeutic activities to improve functional independence in daily routines, play participation, and school readiness.

Collaboration: Collaborate with healthcare professionals including CTSC’s multidisciplinary team of speech therapists, physical therapists, and BCBAs, in addition to pediatricians and educators.

Documentation: Maintain accurate and timely documentation of evaluations, treatment sessions, and progress reports.

Early Intervention Services: Provide early intervention services and participate in Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) meetings when applicable.

Professional Development: Stay current with research and best practices in pediatric occupational therapy.

Requirements:

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy or Associates or Bachelors in Occupational Therapy Assistant from an accredited program.

• Valid state license to practice as an Occupational Therapist in Colorado.

• Certification from the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).

• CPR and First Aid Certification required by start date.

• Experience working with pediatric populations, including autistic children and those with diagnoses including, but not limited to, Down syndrome, sensory processing disorder, developmental delays, cerebral palsy, and ADHD.

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage children, families, and other therapists effectively.

• Ability to adapt therapy techniques to meet the diverse needs of children.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced and dynamic pediatric environment.

• Spanish speaking preferred, but not required.

• Feeding therapy experience preferred, but not required.

Benefits:

• Generous paid time off (work/life balance is highly valued)

• Company Apple laptop

• Retirement plan with company match

• Paid continuing education allowance

• Ability to independently manage own schedule, flexible schedule

• Strong support system from leading supervisor, OT team and other disciplines

Environmental/Physical Requirements:

Physical Demands:

• Frequent engagement with children ages birth to 18, including those with behavioral or sensory challenges.
• Frequent bending, squatting, crawling, and sitting on the floor to engage at a child’s level.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move frequently throughout the workday.
• Ability to lift and carry infants and young children when necessary.
• Ability to respond quickly to emergency situations, to children in distress or during physical challenges.

Environmental Conditions:

• Work in a dynamic, child-focused clinic environment with noise, movement, and active play.
• Exposure to sensory-rich therapy environments including swings, obstacle courses, and therapy equipment.
• Occasional travel between clinic and home settings for Early Intervention services.
• Adherence to infection control protocols to limit exposure to illness.

Allergen Exposure Considerations:

• Potential exposure to common food allergens including peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, eggs, soy, wheat, fish, and shellfish.
• Employees must follow strict hand hygiene and infection control protocols.
• Contact with therapy materials (e.g., play dough, foam, latex, cleaning products) that may trigger allergic reactions.
• Possible exposure to pet dander or environmental allergens in home-based settings.

Be Part of Something Bigger

At CTSC, you'll join a team that believes in collaboration, clinical excellence, and making a lasting impact on the lives of children and families every day.

Apply today and grow your career with a team that's as passionate about supporting clinicians as we are about supporting kids.

Anticipated will be accepted through August 31, 2026

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