Using Your Occupational Therapy Skills in a Non-Clinical OT Job

Feeling a bit burned out by OT or maybe looking for a sidegig where you can use your OT skills to revive your passion for your career? There are many non-traditional occupational therapy jobs out there where you can use your skill set for non-clinical positions that will help you to love your work again!

Sarah Lyon OTR/L, OTpotential.com and Meredith Castin PT, DPT, theNonClinicalPT.com share resources and discuss how we can narrow down our OT skills to find a job that is perfect for you.

Examples include:

• Rehab liaison
• Clinical trainer
• Content writer
• Educator (instructor or professor)
• Health coach
• Clinical informatics specialist
• Home safety professional
• & more!

Resources from the Show:

 

If you are serious about taking the next step, check out Meredith's course, Non-Clinical 101: The Complete Guide to Launching Your Non-Clinical Career (use this link to get $50 off!), which will help you, as Meredith puts it, "focus on your skills and build the career of your dreams without "wasting" your education and experience

Find (and Land!) the Right OT Job blog post

Your Guide to Non-Traditional OT Jobs blog post

Occupational Therapy Entrepreneur Facebook Group

theNonClinicalPT.com Resource page

angel.co: start-up job board

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