Licensed Occupational Therapist

Prava Therapy•Frederick, MD

18h

About The Position

Prava Therapy is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist to provide clinical care in a resort-style senior living community in Frederick, Maryland, serving residents in Assisted Living and Memory Care. The community emphasizes holistic wellness, an active lifestyle, personalized care, life enrichment, and continued resident engagement. The Occupational Therapist performs evaluations, develops individualized evidence-based plans of care, and delivers skilled interventions that support functional independence and participation in residents’ everyday lives. Care may address activities of daily living, cognitive-functional performance, safety, mobility, motor skills, sensory and perceptual processing, routines, and engagement in meaningful activities. The therapist works within the community’s real-world settings and collaborates with residents, families, caregivers, staff, physicians, and interdisciplinary partners. The role emphasizes relationship-based care, purposeful and individualized treatment, proactive recognition of functional changes, caregiver education, accurate documentation, and ongoing adjustment of care plans based on outcomes. The therapist contributes to community wellness initiatives and a culture of clinical excellence, compassion, professionalism, and continuous learning.

Requirements

Occupational Therapist with strong clinical competence in adult and geriatric occupational therapy evaluation, treatment planning, adaptive strategies, cognitive-functional care, and wellness integration.
Ability to build genuine relationships with residents and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, wellness teams, and community leaders.
Clear communication skills and ownership of resident treatment outcomes.
Compassion, curiosity, and commitment to continued professional growth.
Ability to provide creative, individualized, functional treatment that supports independence, autonomy, resident choice, and meaningful daily activities.

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive occupational therapy evaluations and establish individualized, evidence-based plans of care across adult and geriatric occupational therapy domains.
Deliver skilled interventions addressing ADLs, IADLs, functional mobility, upper-extremity motor function, fine-motor coordination, energy conservation, and joint protection.
Address home and apartment safety, cognitive-functional performance, sensory and perceptual processing, visual-spatial skills, ergonomics, and daily routine organization in Assisted Living and Memory Care settings.
Introduce, adapt, and provide training on adaptive equipment, compensatory daily-living techniques, environmental modifications, and physical safety tools for residents, caregivers, and staff.
Use community features and spaces to support real-world functional daily living and engagement.
Identify changes in resident function, cognitive-functional status, or safety and adjust plans of care proactively.
Educate residents, families, caregivers, and community staff on functional independence, cognitive strategies, energy conservation, and adaptive equipment.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, physicians, community leadership, wellness directors, life enrichment teams, and caregivers.
Monitor resident progress and document evaluations and treatment sessions accurately and promptly.
Adjust plans of care based on functional outcomes.
Participate in care coordination, interdisciplinary team discussions, and community wellness initiatives as appropriate.
Contribute to a culture of clinical excellence, compassion, professionalism, and continuous learning.