Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Occupational Therapy Assistants are healthcare professionals who work directly under Occupational Therapists to help patients recover from injuries and enhance their physical health to effectively perform daily activities. When an Occupational Therapist diagnoses a patient and prescribes a treatment plan, the Occupational Therapy Assistant will work one-on-one with the patient to perform various therapeutic activities and exercises that improve their health. The Occupational Therapy Assistant will take note of the patient’s progress and will report it to the Occupational Therapist.

ما الذي يفعله Occupational Therapy Assistant؟

An Occupational Therapy Assistant, or Occupational Therapist Assistant, supports the Occupational Therapist in conducting therapy treatments to improve patients’ mobility and physical health. Their main duties include helping patients perform exercises or treatment plans, recording a patients’ health progress and collecting patients’ medical history or other personal information.

المسؤوليات

يجب أن يكون Occupational Therapy Assistant قادرًا على الوفاء بواجبات ومسؤوليات مختلفة. فيما يلي بعض الواجبات والمسؤوليات التي يجب أن يكون Occupational Therapy Assistant قادرًا على تنفيذها:

Monitoring a patient’s progress to make sure that they’re successfully completing treatment
Encouraging the patient during their recovery process
Helping patients to improve their quality of life by finding solutions to their problems
Helping injured employees improve their motor skills with the goal of re-entering the workforce
Teaching patients with disabilities to become more independent
Updating patient records for the Occupational Therapist

المهارات المطلوبة

سيكون لدى Occupational Therapy Assistant التنافسي مهارات ومؤهلات معينة، بما في ذلك: