Occupational Therapist, OTR

Bring your occupational therapy experience to a small, multidisciplinary practice where play, participation, family partnership, and meaningful relationships guide care. Thrive Collaborative is seeking an experienced occupational therapist to provide individualized services for neurodiverse children and their families in Aspen and throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.

You will combine independent clinical practice with close interdisciplinary collaboration: evaluating occupational performance, developing individualized plans, providing skills-based intervention, coaching families and educators, and helping clients participate more fully in the routines and activities that matter to them. Our model brings together occupational therapy, behavioral science, communication, human development, and trauma-informed care, with respect for each client's identity, strengths, interests, autonomy, and sensory preferences.

This position is designed for an occupational therapist who is prepared to practice independently and provide discipline-specific clinical leadership. Thrive does not currently have capacity to provide ongoing OT mentorship or clinical supervision. Interdisciplinary consultation is available, but the occupational therapist is responsible for independently evaluating clients, selecting appropriate OT methods, maintaining professional competence, and recognizing when outside consultation or referral is needed.

• Time for individualized care: An average caseload of 5-10 clients and 25-hour weekly billable expectation create space for preparation, collaboration, documentation, and thoughtful clinical decision-making.
• A defined workweek: 40 total work hours per week, with work-from-home options for indirect work and telehealth meetings and sessions as clinically indicated.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration: Collaborate with speech-language, ABA, and Early Start Denver Model specialists while independently leading occupational therapy assessment and intervention.
• Professional growth built into the role: Paid training, continuing education, and support for discipline-specific professional development.
• Work rooted in everyday life: Partner with clients, families, and educators across home, school, clinic, community, and telehealth settings.
• A relationship-centered model: Support meaningful participation without requiring compliance, masking, or normalization of harmless neurodivergent traits.

• Complete occupational therapy evaluations and translate findings into functional, measurable goals aligned with client and family priorities.
• Develop and implement individualized, skills-based plans that support participation in daily routines, play, learning, self-care, community life, and other meaningful occupations.
• Provide evidence-informed, play-based and naturalistic skills intervention addressing areas such as sensory processing and regulation, fine- and gross-motor participation, visual-motor and praxis skills, executive functioning, and activities of daily living, according to each client's assessed needs.
• Coach parents, caregivers, educators, and team members to embed supportive strategies into everyday routines and environments.
• Use clinical observation, standardized or criterion-referenced assessment when appropriate, and ongoing data to evaluate progress and adapt intervention.
• Recommend and help implement environmental adaptations, visual supports, positioning strategies, assistive tools, or other supports within occupational therapy scope.
• Collaborate with BCBAs, speech-language pathologists, interventionists, educators, physicians, and other providers while maintaining clear professional roles and scopes of practice.
• Lead or contribute to client team meetings and coordinate with community partners.
• Complete timely documentation, reports, treatment plans, and clinical recommendations consistent with professional and payer requirements.
• Participate in peer consultation, shared learning, program development, and professional training.

• Graduate degree in occupational therapy from an accredited program.
• Current Colorado occupational therapist license, or ability to obtain it before the start date.
• Current NBCOT certification as an Occupational Therapist Registered (OTR) and licensed by DORA.
• At least 3 years of independent occupational therapy practice, including experience with pediatric or neurodevelopmental populations.
• Experience completing…