Occupational Therapist - Remote

Maximus · Galena Park, TX Full Time

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Review cases and summarize the facts of each case and assess issues involved in the case to certify or non-certify requested treatments. - Provide written clinical rationales for CA Workers Compensation cases. - Review, organize and identify all medical records provided for CA workers comp cases. - Monitor timeliness of reviews to ensure applicable standards are met. - Consistently meet production and quality standards. - Perform special projects as assigned such as legal research, general medical research, etc. - Work on special projects to improve CA IMR project or other special projects as assigned. - Become a subject matter expert (SME) using job aides and learning tools. - Conduct comprehensive cognitive performance evaluations using standardized assessment tools and validated neurocognitive testing platforms. - Perform occupational analysis to identify performance barriers related to mission tasks and task-person-environment mismatches contributing to performance degradation. - Identify cognitive risk factors impacting readiness, including sleep disruption, operational fatigue, stress load, and mild traumatic brain injury history. -Translate cognitive assessment findings into mission-relevant performance applications. - Develop individualized cognitive performance plans targeting executive functioning, attention control, stress regulation, mental agility, and recovery strategies. - Deliver group-based cognitive training and performance workshops. - Implement cognitive rehabilitation protocols for operators returning from injury, illness, or cognitive performance degradation. - Provide in-training environment coaching to enhance real-time cognitive performance during operational tasks. - Design and execute cognitive skills development programs aligned with Special Operations Forces mission demands. - Provide services in both garrison and operational training settings as required. - Educate Service Members on cognitive resilience, fatigue mitigation, workload management, and recovery best practices. Develop proactive programming to prevent cognitive decline and performance loss. - Collaborate with the Human Performance team, including psychology, strength and conditioning, medical, nutrition, chaplain, and leadership partners, to synchronize individualized and group performance plans. - Participate in interdisciplinary case conferences, performance reviews, and care coordination meetings. - Collaborate with Cognitive Performance Professionals to support integrated planning, implementation, and evaluation of resilience programming. - Advise leadership on aggregate cognitive readiness trends, risk factors, and mitigation strategies while ensuring compliance with privacy, confidentiality, and applicable DoD regulations. Minimum Requirements - Bachelor's degree with 3-5 years of experience consulting within designated function. - Master's or Doctoral degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited institution. - Miminum of two (2) years of experience in cognitive rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, human performance, or a related field. - Minimum of

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What Most Job Listings Don’t Tell You

General overview for this role type — specific duties and requirements vary by employer.

Support roles in senior living — housekeeping, maintenance, activities, and social work — are far more resident-facing than similar positions in other industries. Housekeepers and maintenance staff interact with residents in their personal living spaces daily, which requires discretion, patience, and genuine respect for the people who live there. In Texas, even non-clinical staff must complete facility-specific training on topics like abuse prevention, infection control, and emergency procedures.

Activities coordinators and social workers play a direct role in resident well-being — isolation and depression are significant concerns in senior living, and programming that keeps residents socially engaged has measurable health outcomes. Maintenance staff in senior care need to understand life-safety systems (fire alarms, emergency generators, call systems) and are often the first responders for building emergencies. Background checks are required for all positions, and many facilities prefer candidates who have previous experience working with older adults.

What to Expect in This Role Day-to-Day

Based on typical senior living facilities in the Houston area.

For housekeeping roles, the day follows a room-by-room schedule — cleaning resident rooms, sanitizing common areas, managing laundry, and responding to spill or accident cleanups as they happen. Infection control protocols are more rigorous than in hotels or commercial cleaning, especially during flu season or respiratory illness outbreaks.

Maintenance staff handle a daily work order queue — everything from changing light bulbs and fixing call buttons to HVAC maintenance and plumbing repairs. Life-safety equipment checks (fire extinguishers, exit lighting, generator testing) happen on set schedules. Activities professionals plan and lead group programming — exercise classes, crafts, music sessions, outings — and also provide one-on-one engagement for residents who cannot participate in group settings. Social workers manage care conferences, discharge planning, family mediation, and community resource referrals. Across all these roles, the common thread is that you become a familiar, trusted presence in residents' daily lives.

Houston Area Salary Data

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Home Health and Personal Care Aide positions in the Houston metro area earn a median wage of $11.27/hr ($23,442/yr). The typical range is $10.92 – $13.35/hr (25th–75th percentile).

Entry Level (10th) $22,235/yr

Houston Median $23,442/yr

Experienced (90th) $31,928/yr

vs. National Median -34.5%

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area). Salary data provided by Houston Senior Living Guide.