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2.6 KiB

Competences — maternity support worker

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/30194ac4-93b8-4450-8a15-f6f7cbe351cb).

Essential

  • advise on family planning (skill/competence)
  • advise on pregnancies at risk (skill/competence)
  • advise on pregnancy (skill/competence)
  • assist on pregnancy abnormality (skill/competence)
  • care for the new-born infant (skill/competence)
  • childbirth (knowledge)
  • communicate with nursing staff (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)
  • empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
  • empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy (skill/competence)
  • ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • examine the new-born infant (skill/competence)
  • follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
  • health education (knowledge)
  • human anatomy (knowledge)
  • hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
  • identify abnormalities (skill/competence)
  • interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • listen actively (skill/competence)
  • monitor basic patients signs (skill/competence)
  • pregnancy (knowledge)
  • provide basic support to patients (skill/competence)
  • provide postnatal care (skill/competence)
  • provide pre-natal care (skill/competence)
  • support nurses (skill/competence)
  • work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
  • work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
  • work under supervision in care (skill/competence)
  • work with nursing staff (skill/competence)

Optional

  • anaesthetics (knowledge)
  • analgesics (knowledge)
  • apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
  • assess the course of breast-feeding period (skill/competence)
  • distribute meals to patients (skill/competence)
  • embryology (knowledge)
  • have computer literacy (skill/competence)
  • microbiology-bacteriology (knowledge)
  • monitor pregnancy (skill/competence)
  • neonatology (knowledge)
  • postpartum period (knowledge)
  • preparation for child delivery (knowledge)
  • preparation for parenthood (knowledge)
  • promote health and safety (skill/competence)
  • provide health education (skill/competence)
  • sex education (knowledge)
  • use different communication channels (skill/competence)
  • use obstetric sonography (skill/competence)