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)”

• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• 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.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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