Occupational Therapist

Role: Occupational Therapist

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Work Model: Hybrid- Clinic, Community & Virtual

Employment: Employee-  Full-Time or Part-Time

Schedule: We’re flexible. Whether you’re looking for a few consistent days, a day on the weekend, a four-day week, traditional full-time hours, or something in between, we’re open to building a schedule that works for you, your clients, and the clinic.​

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Why Allied Therapy? We believe great clinicians do their best work when they have autonomy, flexibility, strong support, and clear expectations. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who wants to do excellent clinical work. Bring your clinical judgment and we provide the clients, administrative support, technology, clinic space, multidisciplinary team, benefits, and infrastructure around you. Our goal is simple: give good clinicians the freedom and support to do good work.

 

​Compensation With More Flexibility. Our clinical compensation model is designed to give clinicians greater control over the balance between workload, earnings, schedule, and time off. Compensation is based on a percentage of eligible collected clinical revenue, with the percentage increasing based on experience and career level. Your earnings grow with your clinical caseload, while you remain an Allied Therapy employee with access to benefits, administrative support, referrals and clinical leadership. Some clinicians want a fuller caseload and greater earning potential. Others value a lighter schedule, additional time off, or more flexibility at different stages of life. We want to make room for both.

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What Makes This Role Different

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​Autonomy Without Isolation. We’ll support you to keep growing clinically, use the full breadth of your training, and feel confident in your practice. You’ll have access to a Clinical Lead and a multidisciplinary team of Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Behaviour Analysts, and Mental Health clinicians.

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We care about excellent clinical care, strong communication, reliable documentation, and following through on commitments.. You'll know what is expected of you, have someone to go to when you need help, and have room to make your own clinical decisions.

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A Workplace Where It's Safe to Be Human. We want Allied Therapy to be a place where people can ask questions, raise concerns, learn, disagree respectfully, and say when they don't know something. We embrace new perspectives and different ways of thinking. We expect professionalism and accountability while also believing that people do their best work when they feel trusted, respected, and safe.

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Your Employee Package- Following eligibility, you will receive:

• Extended health and dental benefits

• Vacation pay in accordance with the employment agreement

• Paid required meetings, training, and assigned non-clinical responsibilities

• Mileage reimbursement for eligible community work

• Administrative support for scheduling, billing, intake, and client coordination

• Marketing and referral support to build and maintain your caseload

• Clinical mentorship and access to a multidisciplinary team

• Supported caseload development when you first join

• Career progression opportunities.

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What You'll Be Doing- You'll manage your own clinical caseload with administrative and clinical support around you. Your work: Conducting comprehensive occupational therapy assessments, Developing individualized treatment plans based on client priorities and clinical findings, Providing evidence-informed intervention, Supporting areas such as sensory processing, emotional regulation, executive functioning, fine motor development, handwriting, self-care, feeding, toileting, school participation, and daily living skills within your competency, Coaching parents, caregivers, educators, and others important to the client's care, Collaborating with Allied Therapy clinicians and community professionals when appropriate, Supporting children and families across clinic, community, school, daycare, and virtual settings, Maintaining clear and timely clinical documentation, Participating in required team meetings and professional development. Depending on your interests, you may also choose to become involved in groups, community education, mentorship, program development, and/or leadership.

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What You Bring

• Master's degree in Occupational Therapy

• Registration and good standing with the Nova Scotia Occupational Therapy Regulator

• Strong clinical reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills

• A thoughtful, individualized approach to client care

• Comfort working independently while collaborating when useful

• An interest in neurodivergent-affirming and trauma-informed care

• Knowledge or interest in areas such as sensory processing, ADHD, executive functioning, regulation, feeding, fine motor development, or daily living skills

• Ability to build positive relationships with clients and families

• Comfort with technology and willingness to learn new systems

• Valid driver's licence and access to a reliable vehicle

• Clear Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry check

 

Experience with children and families is welcome, but we are also happy to support clinicians who are building their paediatric experience. Additional languages, including French, Arabic, Cantonese, or others, are considered an asset.

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You'll Probably Like Working Here If… You care deeply about doing good work. You want room for a life outside of work. You value flexibility and want more control over your workload, earnings, schedule, and time away. You like having clear expectations but don't want someone managing every hour of your day. You want the freedom to make clinical decisions while knowing support is available when you need it. You want to use and grow more of your Occupational Therapy scope of practice rather than being limited. And you want to finish your workday feeling that you made an impact. 

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Curious? Let's Talk.  If you're curious about whether there might be a different way to practice, with more flexibility, autonomy, and control over your working life, we'd be happy to have a conversation.

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