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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 “Staff Occupational Therapist”

• 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.
• 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.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• 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.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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