OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS AND AIDES: Assist Occupational Therapists to rehabilitate patients in hospitals and similar institutions.

• Administer medications/treatments
• Analyze patient activity
• Analyze therapy response
• Apply disabilities theory
• Apply human anatomy & physiology knowledge
• Apply human developmental disease theory
• Apply human disabilities theory
• Apply human growth/development theory
• Apply human kinesiology theory
• Apply massage therapy treatments
• Apply neurology theory
• Apply nursing practices & procedures
• Apply patient care procedures
• Apply physiotherapy techniques
• Apply psychology theory
• Apply sanitation practices to health care
• Assist in administering occupational rehab program
• Compile/maintain medical records
• Comprehend body response variations
• Construct medical supportive devices
• Direct group rehabilitation activities
• Improve/develop patient work skills
• Inventory medical supplies and instruments
• Keep records & maintain files
• Maintain medical records
• Maintain medical supportive devices
• Make appointments
• Manage medical records
• Participate in medically-oriented occupational rehab program
• Perform secretarial duties in health care setting
• Position patients for therapy
• Post medical insurance billings
• Practice preventive procedures in medical therapy setting
• Prepare patients for therapy
• Refer clients to community services
• Refer patients to community resources
• Relate to medical insurance systems
• Repair medical supportive devices
• Structure therapy treatments to patient need
• Take vital signs
• Teach medical self care
• Understand & use medical terminology
• Use clinical sterilizing techniques
• Use medical equipment in direct patient care
• Use medical office procedures
• Use office equipment in support of medical practice/services
• Use physical intervention techniques in clinical/institutional setting
• Use/adjust/repair therapy equipment
• Weigh patients
• Work with persons with mental disabilities/illnesses