title: Occupational therapist: OTR/manager.
abstract: Occupational therapists become more involved in management/administrative skills as they progress profesionally; however, varying degrees of these same skills are used by the therapist at every work level and in every work environment. Operational management skills may include applying and implementing policy on the part of the supervising therapist, or may include organization of time as well as management of supplies and persons by a therapist for effective and efficient productivity. Administrative management skills, forming and interpreting policy, are also needed on every work level. The effectiveness of all management/administrative skills is dependent on the institutional or organizational structure within which the therapist works. Occupational therapists must acquire an understanding of organization and administration, how structure affects function, and how to apply management skills in the everyday work situation in order to produce their best professional effort.
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012380:Role