Will “Registered Occupational Therapist” 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
• 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
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Registered Occupational 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.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• 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.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• 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.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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