doctors' surgery assistant (EN)
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Doctors' surgery assistants support doctors of medicine in medical measures, in performing simple support activities during medical procedures, standardised diagnostic programmes and standardised point-of-care tests, ensuring surgery hygiene, cleaning, disinfecting, sterilising and maintaining medical devices and performing the organisational and administrative tasks required for operating a doctor`s surgery under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
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Source aliases (EN)
- healthcare assistant
- surgery assistant
- medical assistant
- orthopedic assistant
- doctor's assistant
- surgical assistant
- physician's assistant
- clinical assistant
- physician assistant
- ophthalmic assistant
- autopsy assistant
- radiology assistant
- cast assistant
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 46
- techniques of blood-sampling
- respond to changing situations in health care
- provide pre-treatment information
- operate patients with thoracic diseases
- educate on the prevention of illness
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- contribute to continuity of health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- health care legislation
- empathise with the healthcare user
- medical terminology
- provide test results to medical staff
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- answer patients' questions
- perform reconstructive plastic surgery
- surgical asepsis
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- manage healthcare users' data
- deal with emergency care situations
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- health records management
- provide health education
- multi-professional cooperation in health care
- communicate in healthcare
- process medical insurance claims
- follow clinical guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- assist in epilepsy surgery
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- professional documentation in health care
- health care system
- comply with legislation related to health care
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- medical informatics
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- promote inclusion
- interact with healthcare users
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- maintain treatment records
- apply organisational techniques
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- apply context specific clinical competences
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- anaesthetics
- accept own accountability
Optional (EN) · 20
- supervise medical office support workers
- perform venepuncture procedures
- clinical reports
- use venepuncture procedure equipment
- customer service
- collect biological samples from patients
- assist patients with special needs
- spine surgery
- take blood samples
- analyse X-ray imagery
- e-procurement
- wound closure techniques
- record healthcare users' billing information
- radiological procedures
- administer appointments
- perform procurement processes
- conduct polysomnography
- offer advice on diet-related concerns
- use foreign languages in patient care
- assist with hemostasis
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