Thrive Therapies

Occupational Therapist - Jacksonville FL - W2 or 1099 option

Jacksonville, Florida · Exec · Internship

Sponsorship not specified$56k-$69kDetected 48 days ago

Patient CareLeadershipCollaboration

About the role

We work exclusively in K-12 schools - because school is where clinical care becomes transformative.
Roughly half of all children identified with a disability receive their services in schools, not in healthcare settings.
For many of those children, the school-based clinician is the care.

Deliver direct individual and small-group therapy sessions using evidence-based OT frameworks (Ayres Sensory Integration, CO-OP, sensory diet programming, and others)
Design and implement sensory diets, environmental modifications, and adaptive equipment recommendations to support classroom participation
Maintain accurate, timely service logs and progress notes - supported by Thrive's AI documentation tools
Train teachers, paraprofessionals, and families on sensory strategies, handwriting supports, and ADL skill generalization
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS (All Employees)

Master's or bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an ACOTE-accredited program
Malpractice and professional liability insurance - fully covered by Thrive; no personal policy required
NBCOT certification (OTR) in good standing
Active state OT license in good standing, or documented initiation of licensure transfer prior to start date
Knowledge of IDEA, IEP process, and the educational model of OT

we're committed to you from the moment you say yes, and we want you to feel that.
Up to $2,000 -paid after completing your first full school year
Every year you come back, we reward it.
$750 your first year →growing up to $2,000after five years
Your practice is the whole thing.
The more you grow as a clinician, the better the care our kids get.
When you go above and beyond for students, we notice.
1+ years of school-based OT experience

is paid over 10 months, aligned to the school-year calendar.
All figures below reflect the Greater Jacksonville, FL market.
$56,000 - $68,800,based on experience
A salary that reflects the expertise you bring.
Your total compensation is built to reflect what this work is worth.
If flexibility is what fits your life, we built that in.
School-year calendar - school holidays off, amounting to 30+ paid days annually
Paid Summer Intensive - pre-year clinical PD that brings the full Thrive team together annually

HEALTH COVERAGE - AT NO COST TO YOU (W-2 Employees Only)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance - Thrive covers 100% of employee premiums
Choice of HSA-eligible high-deductible plan or traditional PPO; nationwide PPO network
Dependent and family coverage available
supplemental life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and FSA
TIME OFF & SCHEDULE (W-2 Employees Only)

There are organizations that place clinicians in schools.
Thrive is something different.
We are a pediatric healthcare organization built around a singular belief: that school is where clinical care becomes transformative - that a therapy goal in a clinic is a therapy goal, but a therapy goal in a school becomes a friendship on the playground, a kid who feels they belong, a child who gets to participate in the full arc of childhood.
Everything we build - our technology, our workload model, our clinical community - exists to protect that work and the clinicians who deliver it.
Thrive uses a workload model that accounts for the full scope of OT work - evaluations, equipment, direct service, consultation, and documentation - and sizes your assignment to be sustainable for the long haul.
Our AI-powered tools were built by clinicians who were tired of losing evenings to documentation.
They handle evaluation report generation, session notes, paperwork, and progress summaries - and they give our clinicians 10+ hours back every week.
The tools are continuously improved based on clinician feedback.
They belong to you as much as anyone.
You have a community here and are never alone.
You have clinical supervision through a role-alike leader, quarterly professional development, monthly role-alike communities of practice, and peers across the organization you can reach every day.

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