2.1 KiB
2.1 KiB
Competences — respiratory therapy technician
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7b8b6118-6876-4a71-81a6-4b5fa9bfa221).
Essential
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures (skill/competence)
- clinical perfusion (knowledge)
- communicate in healthcare (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)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- health care legislation (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
- medical terminology (knowledge)
- operate breathing equipment (skill/competence)
- operate heart-lung machines (skill/competence)
- respiratory medicine (knowledge)
- respiratory therapy (knowledge)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- clinical imaging techniques (knowledge)
- conduct polysomnography (skill/competence)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- emergency surgery (knowledge)
- first aid (knowledge)
- interpret medical images (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- medical informatics (knowledge)
- promote health and safety (skill/competence)
- provide pre-treatment information (skill/competence)
- rehabilitation of all organ systems (knowledge)
- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
- surgery (knowledge)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 62 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- respiratory therapy — 42 %
- patient assessment — 32 %
- respiratory assessment — 19 %