Occupational Therapist or Speech Language Pathologist

Company: Associates In Pediatric Therapy LLC
Location: Knoxville
Posted on: April 3, 2025

Job Description:

Description:

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In this role, you will play an important part in helping children and their families receive the therapy services that they need in a fun and exciting location!

The primary responsibility of the Occupational Therapist is to evaluate and provide treatment for patients with physical, emotional and/or psychosocial needs.

Occupational Therapist Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Evaluate children from birth to age 21 for fine motor development, visual motor development, sensory processing and modulation differences, executive functioning skills, and more to determine impact on activities of daily living (ADLs), rest and sleep, education, play, leisure, and social participation.
Work closely with patient's caregivers and the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized treatment plans
Maintains professional/technical competencies and proficiencies for job responsibilities and upholds federal/state licensure and ethical expectations.

The primary responsibilities of the Speech Language Pathologist are to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children.

SLP Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Evaluate and treat children from birth to age 21 for speech, language, oral motor, feeding, voice, fluency, articulation, or social communication disorders to achieve the highest level of functioning and prevent regression.
Work closely with patients, caregivers, and the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
Accurately document treatment sessions as well as progress or evaluation reports in detail.
Maintains professional/technical competencies and proficiencies for job responsibilities and upholds federal/state licensure and ethical expectations.
Requirements:

Our Ideal SLP Candidate Has:

Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology and hold an applicable and current, unrestricted license to practice (or in the process of obtaining license).

Our Ideal OT Candidate Has:

Master's degree in Occupational Therapy and hold an applicable and current, unrestricted license to practice (or in the process of obtaining license).

Get to Know Associates in Pediatric Therapy:

Associates in Pediatric Therapy (APT) was founded in 2007 by our CEO Renea Sageser to provide clinics in rural areas so children may receive the quality services they need closer to home. We have recently expanded our practices from Kentucky and Indiana to Tennessee! Here at APT we pride ourselves in establishing a culture that prioritizes family-centered care in order to Advance Patients to their next Therapeutic Level. APT values our patients and employees by being 100% family focused, offering flexible employment opportunities, mentorship opportunities, and community involvement. Since our founding APT has been awarded Best Places to Work in Kentucky for 6 years consecutively!

APT is always looking for talented, passionate, and committed therapists and support staff to serve our patients' therapeutic needs. If you are passionate about providing pediatric services to patients and families using a team approach and you have a nature that is self-motivating, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible, loyal, and respectful for all areas of diversity we would love to chat with you.

We invite you to learn more about working for APT by visiting our website at https://kidtherapy.org/careers/ and hear from our therapists directly by watching this video -> APT Employee Thoughts

Associates in Pediatric Therapy is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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