occupational therapist

ESCO occupation · 73 essential, 13 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.

Essential skills

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

Optional & specialised skills

Other matches: physiotherapist · occupational therapy assistant · advanced physiotherapist · animal therapist · massage therapist

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