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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”

• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• 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.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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