Under close supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing patient and treatment room.
<ul><li>Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records.</li><li>Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals.</li><li>Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments.</li><li>Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects.</li><li>Manage intradepartmental infection control and equipment security.</li><li>Evaluate the living skills and capacities of physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabled clients.</li><li>Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.</li><li>Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.</li><li>Instruct patients and families in work, social, and living skills, the care and use of adaptive equipment, and other skills to facilitate home and work adjustment to disability.</li><li>Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment.</li><li>Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games.</li><li>Adjust and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to other equipment and to environments.</li><li>Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments.</li></ul>