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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”

• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Conduct research in occupational 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.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• 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.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• 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.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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