Occupational Therapist Responsibilities

Occupational Therapist help people of all ages to fully engage in their daily lives, from work and recreation to activities of daily living like getting dressed, cooking, eating and driving. They help people with disabilities, injuries or illness recover and cope through everyday tasks. Occupational Therapist work with a variety of different patients. They could be elderly, working with autistic children, disabled or injured to use eating tools. Occupational Therapist are in contact with parents, caregivers, passing along recommendations for the patient and their progress report.

The skills and responsibilities for an Occupational Therapist are communication and observations skills, the ability to think outside the box and work under pressure, decision-making skills, assessment and report writing skills. A major responsibility would be organizing and planning skills and also the ability to explain, encourage and build confidence, and develop rapport with a range of people. A driver’s license is required to be able to travel between hospital sites and to patient homes during the day. Relevant work experience is very helpful in securing a spot in more competitive areas of occupational therapy, such as pediatrics, after graduation. They also need to have good creative and practical
There will be times where people will get emotional about the progress that they have made and it’s heart warming. Patients will enjoy coming to therapy every day because you made such a difference in their life. There are a few bad things about being an OT as well. Sometimes you will not be able to help a patients, no matter how successful their surgery was. You will come across heart-breaking situations, whether one of your patients cannot continue or one of your patients pass away do to the severity of their