podiatry assistant (EN)
ISCO 2269 · v1.2.1
Podiatry assistants help the podiatrist by carrying out supportive tasks such as assisting in diagnosing and treating the disorders, diseases and deformities of the feet, advising people on foot care techniques and the importance of foot care for promoting better mobility and general well-being. They also perform small tasks such as cutting toe nails, applying plasters and general clerical duties.
Classification skills are not a measurement of your proficiency or future displaced hours.
Source aliases (EN)
- assistant in chiropody
- podiatry foot care assistant
- foot care assistant
- assistant practitioner in podiatry
- assistant in podiatry
- chiropody assistant
- assistant in podiatric foot care
- assistant in podology
- podology assistant
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 29
- respond to changing situations in health care
- dermatology
- provide footwear advice to patients
- orthopaedics
- recommend orthotic devices
- record treated patient's information
- chiropody
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- provide medication information
- podiatric diseases
- orthopaedic treatment alternatives
- treat patients' nails
- health records management
- foot problems
- communicate in healthcare
- promote foot health
- follow clinical guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- shape nails
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- orthopaedic conditions
- types of orthopedic supplies
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- collect healthcare user data under supervision
- clinical coding
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- perform clinical coding procedures
- podiatric surgery
- maintain medical devices
Optional (EN) · 28
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- place orders for orthopedic products
- microbiology-bacteriology
- carry out wound care
- medical terminology
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- analyse X-ray imagery
- surgical asepsis
- monitor stock level
- kinetics
- treat nails
- provide health education
- pharmacology
- sterilization techniques
- process medical insurance claims
- conduct podiatry consultation
- send samples to laboratory
- discuss the medical history of the healthcare user
- recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition
- administer appointments
- health care system
- human anatomy
- apply foot casts
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- monitor basic patients signs
- use foreign languages in patient care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- apply wound dressings
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