Will “Occupational Therapist (OT)” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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
• Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
• Early Intervention Occupational Therapist
• Assistive Technology Trainer
• Vocational Trainer
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Occupational Therapist (OT)”

• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• 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.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• 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

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

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• Text to speech software
• Tactile graphic production kits software
• Crick Software Clicker 4
• Word processing software
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• Screen reader software
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• Computer drawing software
• Screen magnification software
• Microsoft Office
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• Microsoft Word
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• Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud
• Physical education educational software
• Text reader software
• FileMaker Pro
• Duxbury Braille Translator
• Spreadsheet software
• Text scanning software
• OpenOffice WRITER
• HMS
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