chiropractor
ISCO: 2269. Skills: 147. Essential: 130.
Essential skills
- accept own accountability
- address public health issues
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on healthy lifestyles
- advise on pregnancy
- advise on rehabilitation exercises
- advocate health
- apply business acumen
- apply caseload management
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply massage therapy
- apply organisational techniques
- apply person-centred care
- apply specific manual chiropractic techniques
- apply supports for spinal adjustment
- assess chiropractic intervention
- assess referred healthcare users
- assist patients with rehabilitation
- biological chemistry
- biomechanics
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct chiropractic examination
- conduct neurological examination
- conduct physical examinations
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- create solutions to problems
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop chiropractic treatment plans
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop therapeutic relationships
- diagnose musculoskeletal conditions
- educate on preventing injuries
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- endocrinology
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- epidemiology
- evidence-based approach in general practice
- exercise physiology
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow-up after patients' surgery
- formulate a treatment plan
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret findings from medical examinations
- interpret medical images
- interpret medical results
- kinesiology
- kinetics
- listen actively
- maintain chiropractic equipment
- maintain treatment records
- manage acute pain
- manage chiropractic professional equipment
- manage chiropractic staff
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage infection control in the facility
- manage staff
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- medical informatics
- microbiology-bacteriology
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- musculoskeletal anatomy
- neuroanatomy
- neurology
- neuropathology
- neurophysiology
- observe record keeping standards in chiropractics
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- operate medical imaging equipment
- orthopaedic conditions
- orthopaedic treatment alternatives
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics
- perform chiropractic examinations
- perform clinical neurophysiological examinations
- perform orthopaedic examinations
- post-process medical images
- prepare patients for surgery
- prescribe healthcare products
- prescribe treatment for musculoskeletal injuries
- prescribe treatments related to surgical procedures
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote health in specialised care
- promote inclusion
- provide chiropractic diagnosis
- provide health education
- provide information on chiropractic treatment outcomes
- provide learning support in healthcare
- provide medication information
- provide neuromusculoskeletal therapy
- provide stabilisation care in emergency
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychology
- radiation effects on human body
- radiation physics in healthcare
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- refer healthcare users
- rehabilitation
- rehabilitation of all organ systems
- respond to changing situations in health care
- sociology
- somatic integrated modalities
- supervise chiropractic students
- triage clients
- undertake clinical chiropractic research
- undertake healthcare examination
- use different communication channels
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- write reports on neurological tests
Supporting skills
- analyse X-ray imagery
- apply acupuncture
- conduct health related research
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- interpret electroencephalograms
- interpret evoked potentials records
- manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke
- neuropharmacology
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- pharmacology
- process medical insurance claims
- record healthcare users' billing information
- therapeutic massage
- treat neurological disorders
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
- use functional neuroimaging