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5.5 KiB

Competences — specialist chiropractor

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/be235deb-6181-43ca-8127-7010a689643a).

Essential

  • accept own accountability (skill/competence)
  • adhere to health well-being and safety (skill/competence)
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
  • advocate health (skill/competence)
  • apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport (skill/competence)
  • apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
  • apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
  • biomechanics (knowledge)
  • collect healthcare user's general data (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 chiropractic examination (skill/competence)
  • conduct health related research (skill/competence)
  • contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
  • contribute to the rehabilitation process (skill/competence)
  • create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
  • deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
  • develop plans related to client discharge (skill/competence)
  • develop plans related to the transfer of care (skill/competence)
  • develop therapeutic relationships (skill/competence)
  • educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
  • empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
  • employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques (skill/competence)
  • ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • first aid (knowledge)
  • follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
  • formulate a treatment plan (skill/competence)
  • general medicine (knowledge)
  • geriatrics (knowledge)
  • human anatomy (knowledge)
  • human physiology (knowledge)
  • inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
  • interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • interpret medical results (skill/competence)
  • manage chiropractic staff (skill/competence)
  • manage clinical risk (skill/competence)
  • manage healthcare staff (knowledge)
  • manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
  • measure effectiveness of the service provided (skill/competence)
  • medical informatics (knowledge)
  • microbiology-bacteriology (knowledge)
  • neuroanatomy (knowledge)
  • neurology (knowledge)
  • obstetrics and gynaecology (knowledge)
  • orthopaedics (knowledge)
  • paediatrics (knowledge)
  • pharmacology (knowledge)
  • prescribe healthcare products (skill/competence)
  • promote health and safety policies in health services (skill/competence)
  • promote inclusion (skill/competence)
  • provide chiropractic diagnosis (skill/competence)
  • provide chiropractic maternal healthcare (skill/competence)
  • provide chiropractic paediatric healthcare (skill/competence)
  • provide clinical chiropractic neurology (skill/competence)
  • provide health education (skill/competence)
  • provide information on chiropractic treatment outcomes (skill/competence)
  • provide learning support in healthcare (skill/competence)
  • provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health (skill/competence)
  • psychology (knowledge)
  • record healthcare users' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
  • refer healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • rehabilitation (knowledge)
  • respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
  • supervise chiropractic students (skill/competence)
  • triage clients (skill/competence)
  • use different communication channels (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

  • contribute to quality physiotherapy services (skill/competence)
  • develop chiropractic services (skill/competence)
  • engage in chiropractic research (skill/competence)
  • manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
  • manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke (skill/competence)
  • therapeutic massage (knowledge)
  • use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
  • use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 24 ads, as of 2026-07-19)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • treatment planning — 46 %
  • patient evaluation — 42 %
  • x-ray analysis — 38 %
  • medical history review — 33 %
  • physical examination — 25 %
  • diagnosis — 25 %
  • chiropractic diagnosis — 21 %
  • chiropractic adjustment — 21 %
  • chiropractic care — 17 %
  • chiropractic manual therapy — 17 %
  • spinal adjustment — 17 %
  • patient assessment — 17 %

Responsibilities

  • patient education — 62 %
  • documentation — 25 %
  • case history maintenance — 21 %
  • patient consultation — 21 %
  • patient exams — 21 %
  • patient care — 17 %
  • treatment plan formulation — 17 %
  • patient evaluation — 17 %
  • assistant supervision — 17 %