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ICAN Children’s Therapy
Bellevue, Washington

Lead Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$83.2K - $145.6K

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

$1,000 signing bonus!

Ready to Raise the Bar in Pediatric OT?

As a Lead Occupational Therapist, you will provide outstanding, evidence-based patient care while serving as a mentor and resource to our occupational therapy team. You will oversee caseload and clinical quality management, support professional development, and help drive our mission of enabling every child to thrive.

Expect a highly collaborative, progressive environment with multiple state-of-the-art sensory-motor gyms, dedicated support teams, and a strong focus on staff growth and inclusion.

  • Lead with ICAN’s Core Values
  • At ICAN, our work is driven by a bold commitment to these core values:
  • Play Big: Dream boldly for every child and strive for leaps, not just steps, in developmental progress.
  • Play Fast: Act with purpose and efficiency so that families never wait for life-changing support.
  • Play Kind: Embrace compassion and respect, creating a safe, welcoming space for all.
  • Play Fearlessly: Innovate, challenge norms, and support each other to break barriers.

Play with Purpose: Align every action and decision with our mission of delivering hope and a brighter future for children and families.

Play Together: Foster collaboration and celebrate the power of teamwork, knowing that collective effort maximizes positive impact.

You’ll also embody our whole-child, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive approach, ensuring every child and family receives care tailored to their individual journey

What You’ll Do

  • Deliver transformative interventions: Assess and treat kids with autism, ADHD, sensory integration, and learning differences.
  • Inspire and lead: Mentor, coach, and energize the OT team—setting the standard for excellence and growth.
  • Maximize impact: Manage caseloads, streamline workflows, and fuel clinical innovation.
  • Drive collaboration: Team up with SLPs, PTs, BCBAs, and psychologists for next-level results.
  • Champion best practices: Model evidence-based, strengths-focused approaches and empower families.
  • Enjoy Outstanding Perks
  • Premium health, dental, vision insurance & 401(k)
  • Paid time off, continuing education, and growth support
  • Modern sensory-motor gyms and top tech
  • Weekly roundtables, administrative support, and team events
  • Employee wellness resources & performance bonuses

Why ICAN?

Be part of a high-energy, forward-thinking team that values collaboration, innovation, and adventure in therapy! We celebrate diversity, foster professional growth, and make every day meaningful for our staff—and the families we serve.

ICAN offers unparalleled career growth through exclusive opportunities in program development, personalized leadership coaching, and a clearly defined career ladder designed to fast-track advancement, offering professional mentorship and pathways for occupational therapists seeking to shape innovative services and move into leadership roles.

ICAN is proud to offer equal opportunity to all.

Step up. Lead. Make a difference. Apply now and be a part of Hope and Future for Children and Families!

Key Responsibilities

Provide evidence-based pediatric patient care while mentoring the occupational therapy team and overseeing clinical quality management. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of therapists and psychologists to deliver transformative interventions for children with autism and ADHD.

Requirements

Requires a mid-level professional capable of leading a clinical team and managing caseloads in a pediatric setting. Must be able to implement strengths-focused, trauma-informed approaches for children with sensory and learning differences.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pediatric Occupational TherapyCaseload ManagementEvidence-Based PracticeTrauma-Informed CareCulturally Responsive CareInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient Assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Lead Occupational Therapist at ICAN Children’s Therapy a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% of all occupational therapist listings evaluated on our platform.

Occupational Therapist Career Context

ICAN Children’s Therapy holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 3 active listings.

Of the 49 active Occupational Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 59% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapist pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$114k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $107k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$114k midpoint, that is roughly $5k–$8k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Salary Distribution22 jobs · 16 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs · 16 employers

401k / retirement match
81% this job
Sign-on bonus
57% this job
CME allowance
57% this job
Loan repayment
38%
Relocation assistance
5%

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Work-life snapshot

6.6/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Bellevue

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.26M
Typical market rent
$2,828/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
111.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About ICAN Children’s Therapy

Individual and Family Services
UTICA, New York
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

$1,000 signing bonus
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Continuing education
Modern sensory-motor gyms