Will “Occupational Therapist (OT)” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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 “Occupational Therapist (OT)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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