Occupational Therapist

Occupational therapists assist individuals or groups who have occupational limitations due to diseases, physical disorders, and temporary or permanent mental disabilities, in regaining their ability to perform daily activities. They provide treatment and rehabilitation to enable them to actively participate in society, to live their lives according to their wishes and to perform those activities that are meaningful to them.

Essential Skills and Competencies

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• Motivate patiens • accept own accountability • adhere to organisational guidelines • advise on environmental alterations • advise on healthcare users' informed consent • apply context specific clinical competences • apply health sciences • apply organisational techniques • apply techniques of occupational therapy • assess risks for the elderly • assist healthcare users achieve autonomy in everyday activities • communicate effectively in healthcare • comply with legislation related to health care • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice • contribute to continuity of health care • create individual treatment programmes • deal with emergency care situations • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship • develop a rehabilitation programme • educate on the prevention of illness • educate patient's relations on care • empathise with the healthcare user • encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring • ensure safety of healthcare users • exercise patience • facilitate healthcare user's engagement in occupations • follow clinical guidelines • identify the healthcare user’s personal capacity • inform policy makers on health-related challenges • instruct on the use of special equipment for daily activities • interact with healthcare users • listen actively • manage healthcare users' data • monitor patients' progress related to treatment • perform occupation analyses • perform patient activity analyses • promote inclusion • provide assistive technology • provide health education • record healthcare users' progress related to treatment • remediate healthcare user's occupational performance • respond to changing situations in health care • undertake healthcare examination • use computer programs to improve patients' skills • use e-health and mobile health technologies • work in a multicultural environment in health care • work in multidisciplinary health teams

Knowledge

• community-based rehabilitation • ergonomics • general medicine • geriatrics • health care legislation • health care occupation-specific ethics • human anatomy • human physiology • hygiene in a health care setting • medical informatics • medical terminology • movement techniques • neurology • occupational physiology • occupational science • occupational therapy theories • orthopaedics • paediatrics • pathology • physical medicine • professional documentation in health care • psychiatry • psychology • sociology • supervision of persons • vocational rehabilitation

Alternative Related Job

• vocational rehabilitation counsellor • expert occupational therapist • practitioner of occupational therapy • rehabilitation counsellor • expert practitioner of occupational therapy • rehabilitation therapist • ergotherapist • activity therapist • specialist occupational therapist

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