OT Clinical Leader

Why Join KidStart?

KidStart is a multidisciplinary pediatric clinic serving children aged 0–18 across Metro Vancouver, and we are planning our second location. This is a chance to lead an OT practice you help design, with a dedicated admin team handling intake, billing and funding paperwork so you can focus on clinical quality and your team.

About the Role

We are hiring an OT Clinical Leader: a clinical leadership role with a reduced caseload (proposed about 60% clinical and 40% leadership). You will set clinical standards for our OT practice, mentor our clinicians, and act as the founding clinical lead for our second location. Pay is CA$123,000 - CA$137,000 per year (CA$63 - CA$70 per hour at 37.5 hours per week), depending on experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry a pediatric caseload of your choosing: assessment, intervention, family coaching and school consultation
• Lead clinical standards, program quality and complex-case consultation for the OT practice
• Mentor and supervise junior OTs, OTAs and fieldwork students, and help design our mentorship program
• Develop programs in areas such as sensory, feeding, executive function and group work
• Provide hiring and program input as the founding clinical lead for our second location
• Collaborate with OT, SLP and behavioural clinicians in a team that co-plans care

Qualifications & Requirements

• Registration in good standing with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC (CHCPBC) as an Occupational Therapist
• 7+ years of pediatric OT experience (clinic, child development, school-based, or a mix)
• Experience mentoring, supervising or leading clinicians or students
• Asset: RASP-listed or RASP-eligible (Registry of Autism Service Providers)
• Asset: advanced training in sensory integration, feeding, executive functioning or neurodiversity-affirming practice
• Clear criminal record check for working with vulnerable populations

What We Offer

• Extended health benefits
• $2,000 per year professional development budget, plus support for advanced certification
• Dedicated admin team for intake, billing and funding paperwork
• On-site sensory gym and a fully equipped pediatric clinic
• Leadership title, decision authority and input into how our second location is built
• Vacation and schedule flexibility