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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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