Occupational therapy assistant vs student assistant technician

Differences between occupational therapy assistant and student assistant technician duties and responsibilities

Occupational therapy assistant example responsibilities.

• Order patient equipment as well as developing and fabricating inexpensive adaptive equipment for patients to use.
• Educate patients and family members on the importance of using adaptive equipment and following proper safety precautions.
• Provide all occupational therapy services to facility patients, including charting their progress, developing and maintaining treatment plans.
• Assist in rebuilding the therapy department in an inner city SNF.
• Perform therapy to patients with hip replacements, knee replacements, CVA, and multiple disorders.
• Help patients adapt to the use of wheelchairs, braces, canes, crutches and prosthetic/orthotic devices.
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Student assistant technician example responsibilities.

• Spearhead companies launch into social media, including creating and managing firm's first twitter account.
• Deliver skilled occupational therapy services to a variety of patients, including medically complicate and fragile patients on ventilator support.
• Prioritize and deliver effective patient centered care to establish rapport and increase patients' independence with activities.
• Compose written reports of data collect from patient evaluation and present to department chief for thorough analysis of patient diagnosis.
• Suggest energy conservation/work simplification techniques.