DISC+ PROFILE
Occupational Therapy Aide
Job Summary
An occupational therapy aide supports occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Their job duties include responding to patient inquiries and scheduling appointments, prepping treatment areas and equipment, transporting patients, sterilizing rooms and equipment, completing and filing client paperwork, and monitoring inventory levels to keep supplies well-stocked. Additional job duties include supporting occupational therapists during appointments as they complete therapeutic activities with clients and educate them on assigned assistive devices and special equipment. Occupational therapy aides may work full-time or part-time in hospitals, therapy offices, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, skilled nursing care facilities, schools, or home health organizations.
See Full Job DescriptionPersonality types of a Occupational Therapy Aide
Each letter of DISC represents polar personality types with correlating behaviors and characteristics. Learn more about their strengths and weaknesses, how they communicate, and
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D
low D - Planner
Like to take time making decisions
I
low I - Supporter
Likes to work alone
S
high S - Stabilizer
Likes consistency
C
high C - Rule Follower
Likes to follow procedures
Behavioral Qualities for a Occupational Therapy Aide
Behavioral qualities make people naturally act in a certain way. Utilize people's natural behaviors and strengths at work.
- Deliberate. Careful in decisions and actions.
- Attentive. Caring for details and demands.
- Stable. Steady and secure.
- Careful. Patient, methodical, cautious.
Motivators for a Occupational Therapy Aide
Motivators are values that drive people. To retain passionate employees, place people in a role that utilizes their values
- Altruistic: A caring drive to benefit and support others. To tend to the altruistic drive, assign tasks that directly help patients.
- Regulatory: A drive to maintain order and the status quo. To tend to the regulatory drive, follow company protocols and provide more structure as needed.
- Theoretical: A drive to learn and gain new knowledge. To tend to the theoretical drive, encourage them to learn more about occupational therapy, gain new skills, and grow professionally.
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