radiographer
ISCO: 2269. Skills: 76. Essential: 54.
Essential skills
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- analyse X-ray imagery
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- apply radiation protection procedures
- apply radiological health sciences
- calculate exposure to radiation
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct cancer screening tests
- conduct radiotherapy computer planning
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- determine imaging techniques to be performed
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evidence-based radiography practice
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- healthcare data systems
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- interact with healthcare suppliers
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret requests for imaging examinations
- listen actively
- maintain imaging equipment
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage radiology information system
- medical contrast agents
- medical oncology
- medical terminology
- operate medical imaging equipment
- paediatrics
- pathology
- pharmaceutical products
- post-process medical images
- prepare patients for imaging procedures
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide information
- provide psychological support to patients
- psychology
- radiation physics in healthcare
- radiation protection
- radiobiology
- respond to changing situations in health care
- scientific research methodology
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Supporting skills
- administer radiotherapy
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- conduct health related research
- conduct video telemetry
- development trends in radiography
- educate on the prevention of illness
- epidemiology
- human physiology
- identify progression of disease
- implant brachytherapy treatments
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- Interpret diagnostic procedures for vascular surgery
- interpret medical images
- orthopaedics
- pedagogy
- perform clinical research in radiography
- perform lectures
- pharmacology
- prepare lesson content
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
- use obstetric sonography