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

Tasks for “Staff Occupational Therapist”

• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• 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.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• 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.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• 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.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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