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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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