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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
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• 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 Supervisor
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Rehabilitation Supervisor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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