How do they match: Occupational Therapy Assistants

  • Health Service Worker

  • Work under the direction of occupational therapists to plan, implement, or administer educational, vocational, or recreational programs that restore or enhance performance in individuals with functional impairments.
  • Assemble, clean, or maintain equipment or materials for patient use.
  • Design, fabricate, or repair assistive devices or make adaptive changes to equipment or environments.
  • Instruct, or assist in instructing, patients and families in home programs, basic living skills, or the care and use of adaptive equipment.
  • Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.

  • Process medical billing information.
  • Clean medical equipment.
  • Inventory medical supplies or equipment.
  • Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
  • Perform clerical work in medical settings.
  • Prepare medical instruments or equipment for use.
  • Teach medical procedures or medical equipment use to patients.