Occupational Therapy Assistant

Remote

💊 Health

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.

What does a Occupational Therapy Assistant do?

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.

Responsibilities

A Occupational Therapy Assistant should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Occupational Therapy Assistant should be able to execute:

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

Required Skills

A competitive Occupational Therapy Assistant will have certain skills and qualifications, including: