Answer patient questions about session times and what to bring
An agent can answer routine questions. Clinical questions go to the therapist.
AI for Allied Health Assistants
Allied Health Assistant
Supports physiotherapists, occupational therapists and exercise physiologists by running prescribed exercise and therapy sessions, preparing equipment and recording progress.
What should stay human.
Keep and amplify
Run prescribed exercise and therapy sessions with patients under the therapist's direction
Write session notes and record progress
Set up, clean and maintain therapy equipment
Automate
Book group and individual sessions and send reminders
Tasks, by type of work.
Each task has an experience tag (CX, SX or BX), a verdict, and example agents that often help with this kind of work. Agent suggestions come from our editorial scores, not vendor claims.
Inbox
Bookings & calendar
Book group and individual sessions and send reminders
Group and individual session bookings and reminders can run automatically, which cuts missed sessions.
Example agents: n8n, ElevenLabs, Gemini
Phone & voice
Report a patient's pain, fall or change in condition to the therapist
Noticing pain, a fall or a change in how a patient moves, and telling the therapist straight away, needs a trained person in the room.
Documents
Write session notes and record progress
An agent can draft notes from short observations. The assistant checks them and the therapist reviews.
Example agents: Grok Bot, Claude, Microsoft Copilot
Prepare home exercise sheets and resources set by the therapist
An agent can format exercise sheets. The assistant checks they match the therapist's plan.
Admin
Run prescribed exercise and therapy sessions with patients under the therapist's direction
Supervising patients through exercise, and noticing pain or fatigue, is hands-on work.
Set up, clean and maintain therapy equipment
An agent can track cleaning and maintenance schedules. The assistant checks the equipment.
Example agents: n8n
Monitor clinic consumables and order
An agent can track use of tape, bands, gloves and wipes and draft orders. The assistant checks the cupboard before ordering.
Example agents: n8n
Time freed, and where it goes.
Work an agent can take on
What comes off the desk.
- Book group and individual sessions and send reminders
Where those hours should go
Back into people, and the business.
- CX —Run prescribed exercise and therapy sessions with patients under the therapist's direction
- CX —Write session notes and record progress
- CX —Prepare home exercise sheets and resources set by the therapist
- CX —Answer patient questions about session times and what to bring
- CX —Report a patient's pain, fall or change in condition to the therapist
- SX —Staff experience: more time for the work that needs a person
- BX —Set up, clean and maintain therapy equipment
- BX —Monitor clinic consumables and order
Seen at
Business types where this role often appears, with a note on how it shows up there.
Business type
AI agents for Occupational Therapy Clinics
Supports therapy programmes under occupational therapist direction, prepares equipment and resources and records progress.
Business type
AI agents for Exercise Physiology Clinics
Supervises prescribed exercise sessions, sets up the gym and records attendance and progress.
Business type
AI agents for Physiotherapy Clinics
Runs prescribed exercise and rehab sessions under physiotherapist direction, sets up equipment and records progress.
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