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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.
• 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.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• 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.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• 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.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• 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

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

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