Jobs / Healthcare / 29-1122.00
Occupational Therapists
Assess, plan, and organize 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. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.
- US jobs
- 162,450
- Median wage
- $100,330 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of occupational therapists?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 16%Train others on health or medical topicsNot measured
- 9%Develop patient or client care or treatment plansNot measured
- 8%Train others to use equipment or productsNot measured
- 5%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 5%Develop public or community health programsNot measured
- 4%Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment optionsNot measured
- 4%Prepare health or medical documentsNot measured
- 4%Monitor health conditions of humans or animalsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
- Complete and maintain necessary records.
- Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate persons with disabilities 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.
- Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
- Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
- Train caregivers in providing for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
- 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.
- Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and 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.
Other job titles for this occupation (22)
Assistive Technology Trainer · Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) · Early Intervention Occupational Therapist · Home Health Occupational Therapist · Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant · Occupational Therapist (OT) · Pediatric Occupational Therapist (Pediatric OT) · Pediatrics and Acute Care Occupational Therapist · Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR) · Acute Care OT (Acute Care Occupational Therapist) · Home Care Occupational Therapist (Home Care OT) · Independent Living Specialist · Industrial Therapist · Inpatient Occupational Therapist (Inpatient OT) · Job Trainer · Outpatient Occupational Therapist (Outpatient OT) · Rehabilitation Engineer · Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist (Rehab OT) · School Occupational Therapist (School OT) · Travel Occupational Therapist (Travel OT) · Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist · Vocational Trainer