7.3 KiB
7.3 KiB
Competences — biomedical scientist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2e8820ba-5b2d-4572-92a1-942dbd02a6d6).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
- analyse body fluids (skill/competence)
- analyse cell cultures (skill/competence)
- analytical methods in biomedical sciences (knowledge)
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- apply good clinical practices (skill/competence)
- apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
- apply safety procedures in laboratory (skill/competence)
- apply scientific methods (skill/competence)
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation (skill/competence)
- automated analysers in the medical laboratory (knowledge)
- bioethics (knowledge)
- biological chemistry (knowledge)
- biological haematology (knowledge)
- biology (knowledge)
- biomedical science (knowledge)
- biomedical scientists' role in health care system (knowledge)
- biomedical techniques (knowledge)
- biophysics (knowledge)
- biosafety in biomedical laboratory (knowledge)
- biostatistics (knowledge)
- blood transfusion (knowledge)
- carry out biopsy (skill/competence)
- chemistry (knowledge)
- clinical biochemistry (knowledge)
- clinical cytology (knowledge)
- clinical immunology (knowledge)
- clinical microbiology (knowledge)
- communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
- conduct health related research (skill/competence)
- contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
- cross-matching techniques for blood transfusions (knowledge)
- deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
- densiometry (knowledge)
- dermapathology (knowledge)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- diagnose disorders of the urogenital system (skill/competence)
- diagnostic methods in medical laboratory (knowledge)
- educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
- embryology (knowledge)
- epidemiology (knowledge)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- health care legislation (knowledge)
- health care occupation-specific ethics (knowledge)
- histology (knowledge)
- histopathology (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- human physiology (knowledge)
- hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
- immunohaematology (knowledge)
- immunology (knowledge)
- implement quality control procedures for biomedical tests (skill/competence)
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
- interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
- keep up to date with diagnostic innovations (skill/competence)
- label medical laboratory samples (skill/competence)
- laboratory methods in biomedical sciences (knowledge)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- maintain medical laboratory equipment (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare staff (knowledge)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- manage infection control in the facility (skill/competence)
- medical genetics (knowledge)
- medical informatics (knowledge)
- medical terminology (knowledge)
- microbiology-bacteriology (knowledge)
- microscopic techniques (knowledge)
- molecular biology (knowledge)
- monitor the effects of medication (skill/competence)
- pathology (knowledge)
- perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis (skill/competence)
- perform pathology consultations (skill/competence)
- perform PCR covid test (skill/competence)
- perform reconstructive microsurgery (skill/competence)
- perform screening for infectious diseases (skill/competence)
- perform stem cell transplantation (skill/competence)
- perform toxicological studies (skill/competence)
- professional documentation in health care (knowledge)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- provide test results to medical staff (skill/competence)
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health (skill/competence)
- radiation protection (knowledge)
- record data from biomedical tests (skill/competence)
- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
- support blood transfusion services (skill/competence)
- techniques of blood-sampling (knowledge)
- tissue cytogenetics (knowledge)
- toxicology (knowledge)
- transplantation (knowledge)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
- validate biomedical analysis results (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- apply numeracy skills (skill/competence)
- carry out flow cytometry (skill/competence)
- collect biological samples from patients (skill/competence)
- conduct routine blood testing (skill/competence)
- conduct training on biomedical equipment (skill/competence)
- create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
- cryopreservation (knowledge)
- electroencephalography (knowledge)
- empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- examine samples in dermatology (skill/competence)
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients (skill/competence)
- first aid (knowledge)
- have computer literacy (skill/competence)
- hepatology (knowledge)
- interpret electromyograms (skill/competence)
- intracranial hypertension (knowledge)
- medical device vigilance reporting systems (knowledge)
- medical parasitology (knowledge)
- monitor biomedical equipment stock (skill/competence)
- multidisciplinary research (knowledge)
- neoplasia (knowledge)
- pedagogy (knowledge)
- perform diagnostic testing for allergies (skill/competence)
- perform virological test (skill/competence)
- proteomics (knowledge)
- research new treatments for blood related disorders (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 33 ads, as of 2026-07-09)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- data analysis — 55 %
- experimental design — 52 %
- human pathology — 48 %
- cohort development — 48 %
- pathology annotation — 48 %
- regulatory compliance — 42 %
- project management — 39 %
- tissue processing — 21 %
- microtomy — 21 %
Methods
- standard operating procedures — 52 %
- biospecimen handling — 39 %
- microscopy — 39 %
- image analytics — 39 %
- histology — 39 %
Responsibilities
- research project supervision — 48 %
- report generation — 42 %
- pathology annotation — 42 %
- laboratory operations — 39 %
- customer support — 39 %
- data integrity maintenance — 39 %