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Job Description

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1122.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 83,730.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 40.00
• Currently, there are 118,070 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Occupational Therapists”.

Also Known As…

• Occupational Therapists
• Staff Therapist
• Staff Occupational Therapist
• Rehabilitation Supervisor
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Pediatric Occupational Therapist
• Occupational Therapy Co-Director
• Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
• Early Intervention Occupational Therapist
• Assistive Technology Trainer
• Vocational Trainer
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant”

• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.

Related Technology & Tools

• Manual blood pressure cuffs
• Laptop computers
• Video magnifiers
• Video cameras
• Computer switch interfaces
• Wheelchairs
• Lathes
• Splints
• Power drills
• Drill presses
• Pulleys
• Braille printers
• Trackballs
• Hoists
• Weights
• Sewing machines
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Gait and transfer belts
• Pressure care garments
• Adaptive cutlery
• Wobble switches
• Tongue switches
• Power sanders
• Scooters
• Looms
• Adjustable beds
• Single-cut mill saw files
• Alternative computer keyboards
• Trackpads
• Electronic blood pressure units
• Lift chairs
• Voice output communication aids
• Soldering irons
• Goniometers
• Portable scanning pens
• Joy sticks
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Exercise balls
• Switch use tools
• Electric wheelchairs
• Personal computers
• Resistive exercise bands
• Orthotics
• Electric knives
• Saws
• Wheeled walkers

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• Social studies educational software
• Duxbury Braille Translator
• Screen magnification software
• BillingTracker
• Casamba Smart
• Email software
• Screen reader software
• Microsoft Office
• Text reader software
• Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker
• Microsoft Word
• Speech recognition software
• Crick Software Clicker 4
• Music software
• Math educational software
• Tactile graphic production kits software
• Special education educational software
• Physical education educational software
• OpenOffice WRITER
• Text to speech software
• Word processing software
• Microsoft Excel
• FileMaker Pro
• Spreadsheet software
• HMS
• Internet browser software
• Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
• Science educational software
• Text scanning software
• Computer drawing software
• Language arts educational software
• Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud