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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 %