4.1 KiB
4.1 KiB
Competences — osteopath
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a7198837-139d-49c7-8fd0-eb8d8c1ee844).
Essential
- apply deep tissue massage (skill/competence)
- apply person-centred care (skill/competence)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- conduct gross examination of tissues (skill/competence)
- contribute to the rehabilitation process (skill/competence)
- develop osteopathic treatment plans (skill/competence)
- develop therapeutic relationships (skill/competence)
- diagnose musculoskeletal conditions (skill/competence)
- empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment (skill/competence)
- health care legislation (knowledge)
- health care occupation-specific ethics (knowledge)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- maintain treatment records (skill/competence)
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
- musculoskeletal anatomy (knowledge)
- osteopathy (knowledge)
- prescribe treatment for musculoskeletal injuries (skill/competence)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- provide osteopathic diagnosis (skill/competence)
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
- scientific research methodology (knowledge)
- therapeutic massage (knowledge)
- undertake healthcare examination (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- advise on healthy lifestyles (skill/competence)
- biomechanics (knowledge)
- collect healthcare user's general data (skill/competence)
- conduct physical examinations (skill/competence)
- create a diet plan (skill/competence)
- dietetics (knowledge)
- endocrinology (knowledge)
- first aid (knowledge)
- food science (knowledge)
- general medicine (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- human physiology (knowledge)
- interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
- kinetics (knowledge)
- manage trauma through surgical means (skill/competence)
- neurology (knowledge)
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information (skill/competence)
- orthopaedics (knowledge)
- pharmacology (knowledge)
- promote exercise programmes (skill/competence)
- refer healthcare users (skill/competence)
- take and analyse blood pressure (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- neuromusculoskeletal medicine — 29 %
- osteopathic manipulative treatment — 29 %
- osteopathic manipulative treatment (omt) — 14 %
- osteopathic medical education — 14 %
- diagnostic services — 14 %
- iv skills — 14 %
- manual therapy — 14 %
- muscle energy techniques — 14 %
- musculoskeletal assessment — 14 %
- myofascial release — 14 %
- osteopathic manipulation — 14 %
- osteopathic manipulative medicine — 14 %
- osteopathic manipulative therapy — 14 %
- primary care — 14 %
- soft tissue manipulation — 14 %
- spinal mobilization — 14 %
- patient treatment — 14 %
- patient-centered care — 14 %
- treatment planning — 14 %
Methods
- whole person approach — 14 %
- holistic treatment — 14 %
- multidisciplinary approach — 14 %
Responsibilities
- patient care — 29 %
- patient communication — 14 %
- primary care provision — 14 %
- providing patient care — 14 %
- providing patient treatment — 14 %
- performing diagnostic services — 14 %
- teaching — 14 %
- treatment — 14 %
- treatment plan collaboration — 14 %
- diagnosis — 14 %
- mobility improvement — 14 %
- pain relief — 14 %
- omm practice — 14 %
- omt performance — 14 %
- omt technique application — 14 %
- omt technique teaching — 14 %