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)”

• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• 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.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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