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2.5 KiB

Competences — traditional chinese medicine therapist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/80a2aba7-ef7d-46ef-a8ec-15ff6131c0f1).

Essential

  • advise on healthy lifestyles (skill/competence)
  • apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
  • apply massage therapy (skill/competence)
  • biomedicine (knowledge)
  • counsel healthcare users on medicines (skill/competence)
  • develop therapeutic relationships (skill/competence)
  • empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
  • ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • follow-up on healthcare users' treatment (skill/competence)
  • human anatomy (knowledge)
  • human physiology (knowledge)
  • identify customer's needs (skill/competence)
  • listen actively (skill/competence)
  • maintain work area cleanliness (skill/competence)
  • monitor patient's health condition (skill/competence)
  • monitor patients' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
  • observe healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • pathologies treated by acupuncture (knowledge)
  • pathology (knowledge)
  • phytotherapy (knowledge)
  • promote mental health (skill/competence)
  • refer healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • traditional Chinese medicine (knowledge)

Optional

  • acupuncture methods (knowledge)
  • address side effects of menopause (skill/competence)
  • apply acupuncture (skill/competence)
  • auriculotherapy (knowledge)
  • carry out preventative internal medicine interventions (skill/competence)
  • complementary and alternative medicine (knowledge)
  • composition of diets (knowledge)
  • develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system (skill/competence)
  • educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
  • general medicine (knowledge)
  • pharmacology (knowledge)
  • provide health education (skill/competence)
  • relaxation techniques (knowledge)
  • select acupuncture points (skill/competence)
  • sterilization techniques (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 25 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

Hard skills

  • acupuncture — 68 %
  • treatment planning — 48 %
  • patient assessment — 36 %
  • pain management — 28 %

Methods

  • integrative healthcare — 20 %

Responsibilities

  • patient education — 28 %