respiratory therapy technician
ISCO: 3259. Skills: 31. Essential: 17.
Essential skills
- apply context specific clinical competences
- carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures
- clinical perfusion
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- medical terminology
- operate breathing equipment
- operate heart-lung machines
- respiratory medicine
- respiratory therapy
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Supporting skills
- clinical imaging techniques
- conduct polysomnography
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- emergency surgery
- first aid
- interpret medical images
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- promote health and safety
- provide pre-treatment information
- rehabilitation of all organ systems
- respond to changing situations in health care
- surgery
- use e-health and mobile health technologies