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Prava Therapy
Frederick, Maryland

Licensed Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

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$40-$44/hr

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Job Description

Occupational Therapist (OT)

  • Full-Time | Premier Senior Living Community | Frederick, Maryland
  • Prava Therapy

Therapy That Helps People Keep Living Life on Their Terms.

Prava Therapy is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our team within a premier, luxury resort-style senior living community offering Assisted Living and Memory Care in Frederick, Maryland.

This community emphasizes a holistic wellness philosophy—focusing on an active lifestyle, personalized care, life enrichment, resort-style amenities, and continuous engagement. Residents value independence, connection, health, and maintaining an active, fulfilling life.

You'll get to know your residents, their routines, and the activities that matter most to them.

Your Role

As an Occupational Therapist, you'll lead clinical occupational therapy care, performing evaluations and designing plans of care while embedding yourself as a trusted clinical partner within this vibrant community.

You'll

Perform comprehensive occupational therapy evaluations and establish individualized, evidence-based plans of care across adult/geriatric occupational therapy domains.

Deliver skilled treatment interventions addressing ADLs, IADLs, functional mobility, upper extremity motor function, fine motor coordination, energy conservation, and joint protection.

Target home and apartment safety, cognitive-functional performance, sensory/perceptual processing, visual-spatial skills, ergonomics, and daily routine organization across both Assisted Living and Memory Care settings.

Introduce, adapt, and train residents, caregivers, and staff on adaptive equipment, compensatory daily living techniques, environmental modifications, and physical safety tools.

Leverage community features—such as fitness centers, art/creative studios, life enrichment spaces, outdoor pathways, and therapy spaces—to practice real-world functional daily living and engagement.

Identify subtle changes in resident function, cognitive-functional status, or safety to support proactive care and timely plan-of-care adjustments.

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, document evaluations and treatment sessions accurately and in a timely manner, and continuously 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.
  • WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN OT WHO THINKS BEYOND THE TREATMENT SESSION.

You believe great therapy isn't simply about completing an assessment or guiding someone through a routine checklist. It's about helping someone participate fully in the lifestyle and community they've chosen.

That might mean managing daily routines effortlessly, dressing independently, engaging in favorite hobbies and creative arts, dining comfortably with friends, navigating community amenities, or adapting seamlessly to changes in functional ability.

You Believe

  • Every intervention should have a functional, real-world purpose.
  • Residents should be appropriately challenged—not underestimated.
  • Independence, autonomy, and holistic well-being are clinical priorities.
  • Proactive clinical identification, environmental adaptation, and safety support matter.
  • Adaptive equipment integration, routine structuring, and caregiver education are essential components of skilled care.
  • Functional outcomes matter more than simply completing treatment minutes.
  • Strong clinical relationships lead to better care.

You'll Have a Community — Not Just a Caseload.

Working in a resort-style senior community gives you the opportunity to see residents beyond the treatment session.

You'll see them participating in life enrichment events, utilizing fitness and wellness areas, enjoying meals in community dining venues, or spending time outdoors. Those real-world interactions provide valuable insight into their functional performance in natural contexts, creating opportunities to support continued independence.

Therapy becomes part of everyday life—not something that exists separately from it.

This Role Is for You If...

You're an Occupational Therapist Who

  • Enjoys building genuine relationships with residents.
  • Possesses strong clinical competence in adult/geriatric occupational therapy evaluation, treatment planning, adaptive strategies, cognitive-functional care, and wellness integration.
  • Takes pride in creative, individualized, and functional treatment sessions.
  • Believes therapy should enhance a resident's lifestyle and daily life.
  • Values independence, autonomy, and resident choice.
  • Enjoys collaborating closely with interdisciplinary team members, wellness teams, and community leaders.
  • Is curious, compassionate, and committed to continued professional growth.
  • Communicates clearly and takes ownership of resident treatment outcomes.
  • Wants to make a meaningful impact in an active, upscale senior community.

What Success Looks Like

  • Residents know you and trust you.
  • Residents understand what they're working toward in their care plans.
  • Families feel informed and supported.
  • Community staff and wellness teams see you as an essential clinical resource for functional independence, cognitive strategies, and adaptive tools.
  • Your treatment plans and sessions are purposeful, engaging, and individualized.
  • And your residents are better able to participate in the activities, amenities, relationships, and routines that make their lives meaningful.
  • That's success.

Join Prava Therapy.

  • Bring your clinical expertise.
  • Bring your curiosity.
  • Bring your commitment to helping people stay active, connected, and independent.

Come be part of a therapy model centered around people, purpose, function, and the lives they want to keep living.

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist will perform comprehensive evaluations and design individualized, evidence-based plans of care for residents in assisted living and memory care settings. They will also collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to provide skilled interventions that promote functional independence and safety.

Requirements

The candidate must be a licensed Occupational Therapist with strong clinical competence in adult and geriatric therapy. They should possess the ability to build genuine relationships with residents and effectively educate families and staff on adaptive strategies.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical evaluationGeriatric careADL trainingIADL trainingEnvironmental modificationCognitive-functional assessment

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Maryland, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (81 salary observations; 244 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (2,981 salary observations; 13,210 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$87k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $83k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 40 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 53% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

22 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution22 jobs · 17 employers

10
<$110k
2
$110k-125k
4
$125k-140k
5
$140k-155k
1
$160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs · 17 employers

401k / retirement match
91%
Sign-on bonus
59%
CME allowance
45%
Loan repayment
27%
Relocation assistance
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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21st Century Home Health Services · Citrus Heights, California

$130k-$160k
#2

Acute Care Occupational Therapist

Sentara Health · Hampton, Virginia

$96k-$141k
#3

Occupational Therapist

$96k-$141k
#4

Acute Care Occupational Therapist - Flexi

$96k-$141k
+ 20 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,467 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Frederick

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$421k
Typical market rent
$2,182/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.