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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| doctors-surgery-assistant | Occupational skill for the role 'doctors' surgery assistant' (also: healthcare assistant, medical assistant, surgery assistant, physician's assistant, cast assistant, physician assistant). Use when the user asks for typical doctors' surgery assistant work such as: Examine patients to obtain information about their physical condition.; Interpret diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.; Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients. |
Doctors' Surgery Assistant
Doctors' surgery assistants support doctors of medicine in medical measures, in performing simple support activities during medical procedures, standardised diagnostic programmes and standardised point-of-care tests, ensuring surgery hygiene, cleaning, disinfecting, sterilising and maintaining medical devices and performing the organisational and administrative tasks required for operating a doctor`s surgery under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
Core workflow
- Examine patients to obtain information about their physical condition.
- Interpret diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.
- Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients.
- Obtain, compile, and record patient medical data, including health history, progress notes, and results of physical examination.
- Administer or order diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests.
- Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval.
- Perform therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and infection management.
- Instruct and counsel patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- anaesthetics
- answer patients' questions
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- assist in epilepsy surgery
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Outlook
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Epic Systems
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Hot technologies
Top tools from 52 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-11):
- electronic medical record (EMR) — 15 %
- ekg machines — 10 %
- electronic health record — 10 %
- Microsoft Office — 8 %
- credit card machines — 6 %
- fax machines — 6 %
- glucometers — 6 %
- multi-line phone systems — 6 %
- pcs — 6 %
- photocopiers — 6 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0c041d1e-1841-4acb-b0a1-2c387a61bf65), ONET 30.3 (29-1071.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*