Occupational Therapist - Remote (Active Secret Clearance Required)

Occupational Therapist (OT) - Cognitive Performance

The Occupational Therapist (OT) - Cognitive Performance supports Service Members by enabling meaningful daily life, work, and mission-related performance. This role applies occupational analysis to mission demands, identifies cognitive barriers impacting readiness, and implements evidence-based interventions to improve attention regulation, working memory, executive control, reaction time, stress resilience, and cognitive recovery.

This position is pending upon contract award. It requires active secret clearance at minimum.

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.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in cognitive rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, human performance, or a related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist.
• Current, unrestricted Occupational Therapist license in at least one U.S. state or territory.
• Current certification through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance within six (6) months of hire.
• Experience working with tactical, military, elite athletic, or high-performance populations.
• Experience with neurocognitive testing platforms and performance data interpretation.
• Demonstrated expertise in cognitive assessment and intervention.
• Understanding of operational stress, sleep science, fatigue management, and performance psychology principles.
• Proven ability to function effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills suitable for briefing senior leadership.
• Ability to operate independently in dynamic, high-tempo environments.

Home Office Requirements

• Maximus provides company-issued computer equipment
• Reliable high-speed internet service
• Minimum 20 Mpbs download speeds/50 Mpbs for shared internet connectivity
• Minimum 5 Mpbs upload speeds

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Minimum Salary $60,175

Maximum Salary $86,125