3.4 KiB
3.4 KiB
Competences — acupuncturist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2dcb5dad-1902-4051-9023-d725485479a7).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- acupuncture methods (knowledge)
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
- advise on mental health (skill/competence)
- apply acupuncture (skill/competence)
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- biomedicine (knowledge)
- complementary and alternative medicine (knowledge)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- develop therapeutic relationships (skill/competence)
- empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment (skill/competence)
- health care legislation (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- human physiology (knowledge)
- identify customer's needs (skill/competence)
- interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- maintain work area cleanliness (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- observe healthcare users (skill/competence)
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information (skill/competence)
- pathologies treated by acupuncture (knowledge)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- select acupuncture points (skill/competence)
- sterilization techniques (knowledge)
- traditional Chinese medicine (knowledge)
- undertake healthcare examination (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- administrative tasks in a medical environment (knowledge)
- apply massage therapy (skill/competence)
- auriculotherapy (knowledge)
- carry out preventative internal medicine interventions (skill/competence)
- conduct cupping therapy (skill/competence)
- develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system (skill/competence)
- dietetics (knowledge)
- electrical stimulation in acupuncture (knowledge)
- general medicine (knowledge)
- multi-professional cooperation in health care (knowledge)
- offer advice on diet-related concerns (skill/competence)
- phytotherapy (knowledge)
- process medical insurance claims (skill/competence)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- record healthcare users' billing information (skill/competence)
- refer healthcare users (skill/competence)
- tai chi (knowledge)
- therapeutic massage (knowledge)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 66 ads, as of 2026-07-08)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- acupuncture — 68 %
- treatment planning — 45 %
- patient assessment — 30 %
- pain management — 20 %
Responsibilities
- patient education — 26 %