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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 “Rehabilitation Supervisor”

• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• 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.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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