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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 Therapist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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