occupational therapist

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

Essential skills

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

Optional & specialised skills

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

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