Neurological Occupational Therapy Fellowship

2026 Neurological Occupational Therapy Fellowship

Once application is received our team will follow up with our Fellowship application guide – or please reach out to for further details.

October 1st - February 16th

August 2026 - August 2027

Mary Free Bed Main Hospital – Grand Rapids, MI

Full time - 40 Hours

$46,700

• Annual Merit Increases
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• PTO
• Holiday Pay
• PSLF Eligible
• Tuition Reimbursement

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients "Ask for Mary," they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers.

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:

• Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.
• Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.
• Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.
• A Proud Tradition
  . Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.

Fellow spends more than half of their time providing clinical services to patients in their area of specialty with mentorship from MFB clinical staff. Assumes full responsibility for evaluating patient's need for occupational therapy. Plans and executes individual treatment programs in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Michigan and the Occupational Therapy scope of practice. Develops treatment skills through continuing education, mentoring meetings with occupational therapy staff, physicians and other clinicians.

Spends remaining time completing programmatic assigned didactics, conducting scientific inquiry projects and assisting with teaching responsibilities as assigned per program requirements. Presents scientific inquiry project findings in Grand Rounds upon completion of Fellowship Program.

• Provides patient care.
  • Evaluates patient condition.
  • Establishes treatment goals, written treatment plan, and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated goals. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible. Delegates responsibilities to occupational therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.
  • Re-evaluates patient's status and effects of treatment. Revises treatment plan as necessary.
  • Evaluates patient's need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary. Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient's family, and health care workers on its use.
  • Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering patient, family, community support/services and environmental limitations.
• Documents patient's status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established…