I LOVE my patients and OT in its purity! But don’t let people glamorize a profession that is suffering right now! Do your research! Interview OTs working in skilled nursing facilities and other sites! Interview people who have been doing it for years! In a nursing home setting working for contract companies you will have a short amount of time with resident so you will be competing tasks they can not finish on their own!! Such as, washing/ dressing/ and wiping backsides!!

Hey Sophie - I've asked Rachel and she said "I've also worked in Australia. It's incredibly easy to become registered in Australia. The NZ qualification is recognised there. As well as many other places such as the UK" I hope that helps!

I will be opening my private practice in a month or less.

OT is good or Behavioral councellor is good?

If you are doing a FULL ADL it is expected you finish up where the patient can not finish! Yes! You finish washing people and dressing AND assisting with toilet hygiene! It is not fun at times! But the patient comes first! I LOVE my patients and OT in its purity! But don’t let people glamorize a profession that is suffering right now! Do your research! Interview OTs working in skilled nursing facilities and other sites! Interview people who have been doing it for years! In a nursing home setting working for contract companies you will have a short amount of time with resident so you will be competing tasks they can not finish on their own!! Such as, washing/ dressing/ and wiping backsides!!

​@@shawneeshawnee6190do you specialise in a set area or are you a general OT? I know there's the option to specialise (like in mental health for example)

​@@shawneeshawnee6190also what country are you an OT in? Because how stretched the profession is depends on country. The UK NHS is massively underfunded in every part of the NHS

Hey Jason, it depends where in the world you work and intend to study. We are based in New Zealand so can only really speak on the behalf of what happens here. Rachel said "in NZ you are only required to do a three year degree to be able to work as an Occupational Therapist. Post graduate study is completely optional. My understanding is that in America and Canada you are required to do your masters so I cant speak for what kind of work you could do on the side. But it would be beneficial if you could get work within the health system (i.e. caregiver, health assistant) as this would look good and help you become a treating OT." I hope this is useful

Kiwis at work thank you for the info!!! And you are spot on for how it works in the US. I’m an ot student in the US and you do need to be licensed before you can work in OT. However, if you can afford time to do other jobs while in ot school, a job in healthcare, research, or working with the population (type of people/ages) of interest can be helpful.

I'm an OT in South Africa, our degree is a four year course. You've got to have your Honors before graduating. Before being licensed as an independent practitioner you need to do 1 year of community service under supervision of a senior OT. You get paid as a permanent OT in that 1 year, so it's not bad

Why,??

@@shimmiyasebastian3100 I would not suggest this course to anyone for a variety of reasons. This role is dominated by white women due to a lack of diversity. I've encountered indirect racism from white colleagues, PATIENT RELATIVES, and peers. Pay is low, and there are no extra hours unless your trust runs a seven-day service, in which case you must be a band 6 or 7. After taxes, you will be paid around 1,500 pounds per month if you work for the NHS. The majority of other professionals are unaware of your role and refer to you as a physiotherapist. All you do is sort out discharges like a discharge nurse who is paid more than you. ( UK EXPERIENCE)

@@shimmiyasebastian3100 As an acute OT, your job entails organising discharge destinations (however, discharge nurses), raising patient furniture, access visits to see if a piece of equipment will fit in the property (which you will not do frequently), spending hours writing notes that no one reads aside from therapies, kitchen and washing, and dressing assessments that no one cares about. When you start as a band 5, you have a very low employment rate, unlike nursing, where you have a lot of possibilities.

@@shimmiyasebastian3100 lastly, There’s a big gap between the course and NHS role. If you want to do occupational therapy please I recommend you to do an apprenticeship instead of the course if you really want to work in hospital setting.

@@ayasims6816 thank you. God bless you for the revelation 💕