4.1 KiB
4.1 KiB
Competences — orthoptist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/771244bf-b204-4e7f-8b25-ee523ae7b791).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
- advise patients on vision improvement conditions (skill/competence)
- anaesthetics (knowledge)
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
- carry out orthoptic treatments (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)
- conduct specialised orthoptic tests (skill/competence)
- contact lens fitting techniques (knowledge)
- contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
- deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
- determine eye disease progression (skill/competence)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- diagnose problems of the visual system (skill/competence)
- educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
- empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- first aid (knowledge)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- health care legislation (knowledge)
- health care occupation-specific ethics (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- human physiology (knowledge)
- hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
- interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- medical informatics (knowledge)
- medical terminology (knowledge)
- neurology (knowledge)
- neuro-ophthalmology (knowledge)
- neurophysiology (knowledge)
- ophthalmological examination methods (knowledge)
- optics (knowledge)
- orthoptics (knowledge)
- paediatric psychology (knowledge)
- paediatrics (knowledge)
- pathology (knowledge)
- perform vision rehabilitation (skill/competence)
- pharmacology (knowledge)
- professional documentation in health care (knowledge)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- promote ocular health (skill/competence)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- provide therapy of the visual system (skill/competence)
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health (skill/competence)
- psychology (knowledge)
- receive patient referrals with eye conditions (skill/competence)
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
- supervise orthoptic treatments (skill/competence)
- test visual acuity (skill/competence)
- treatment of strabismus (knowledge)
- types of strabismus (knowledge)
- undertake healthcare examination (skill/competence)
- 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
- participate in medical inventory control (skill/competence)
- pedagogy (knowledge)
- prescribe corrective lenses (skill/competence)
- record healthcare users' billing information (skill/competence)
- select intraocular lenses for surgery (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 60 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- treatment planning — 23 %