osteopath
ISCO: 2269. Skills: 48. Essential: 26.
Essential skills
- apply deep tissue massage
- apply person-centred care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct gross examination of tissues
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- develop osteopathic treatment plans
- develop therapeutic relationships
- diagnose musculoskeletal conditions
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- listen actively
- maintain treatment records
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- musculoskeletal anatomy
- osteopathy
- prescribe treatment for musculoskeletal injuries
- provide health education
- provide osteopathic diagnosis
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- scientific research methodology
- therapeutic massage
- undertake healthcare examination
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Supporting skills
- advise on healthy lifestyles
- biomechanics
- collect healthcare user's general data
- conduct physical examinations
- create a diet plan
- dietetics
- endocrinology
- first aid
- food science
- general medicine
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- interact with healthcare users
- kinetics
- manage trauma through surgical means
- neurology
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- orthopaedics
- pharmacology
- promote exercise programmes
- refer healthcare users
- take and analyse blood pressure