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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”

• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• 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.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• 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.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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