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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.
• 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.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• 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.
• 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.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• 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.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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