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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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