4.2 KiB
4.2 KiB
Competences — doctors' surgery assistant
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0c041d1e-1841-4acb-b0a1-2c387a61bf65).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
- administrative tasks in a medical environment (knowledge)
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
- anaesthetics (knowledge)
- answer patients' questions (skill/competence)
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
- assist in epilepsy surgery (skill/competence)
- communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
- contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
- deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
- empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- health care legislation (knowledge)
- health care system (knowledge)
- health records management (knowledge)
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
- interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality (skill/competence)
- maintain treatment records (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- medical informatics (knowledge)
- medical terminology (knowledge)
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
- multi-professional cooperation in health care (knowledge)
- operate patients with thoracic diseases (skill/competence)
- perform reconstructive plastic surgery (skill/competence)
- process medical insurance claims (skill/competence)
- professional documentation in health care (knowledge)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- provide pre-treatment information (skill/competence)
- provide test results to medical staff (skill/competence)
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
- surgical asepsis (knowledge)
- techniques of blood-sampling (knowledge)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- administer appointments (skill/competence)
- analyse X-ray imagery (skill/competence)
- assist patients with special needs (skill/competence)
- assist with hemostasis (skill/competence)
- clinical reports (knowledge)
- collect biological samples from patients (skill/competence)
- conduct polysomnography (skill/competence)
- customer service (knowledge)
- e-procurement (knowledge)
- offer advice on diet-related concerns (skill/competence)
- perform procurement processes (skill/competence)
- perform venepuncture procedures (skill/competence)
- radiological procedures (knowledge)
- record healthcare users' billing information (skill/competence)
- spine surgery (knowledge)
- supervise medical office support workers (skill/competence)
- take blood samples (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
- use venepuncture procedure equipment (skill/competence)
- wound closure techniques (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 52 ads, as of 2026-07-11)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- vital signs measurement — 52 %
- phlebotomy — 33 %
- specimen preparation — 23 %
- medication administration — 19 %
Responsibilities
- patient preparation — 23 %
- appointment scheduling — 19 %