healthcare assistant (EN)
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Healthcare assistants work in teams of nurses within the occupational fields of nursing, social care, clinical care and care of people of all age-groups. Healthcare assistants assist in the promotion and restoration of patients' health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends and families.
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Source aliases (EN)
- maternity care assistant
- health care assistant
- primary healthcare assistant
- resident care assistant
- elderly care assistant
- resident healthcare assistant
- patient care assistant
- assistant healthcarer
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 32
- respond to changing situations in health care
- 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
- empathise with the healthcare user
- provide basic support to patients
- identify abnormalities
- manage healthcare users' data
- deal with emergency care situations
- provide health education
- support nurses
- work under supervision in care
- communicate with nursing staff
- follow clinical guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- comply with legislation related to health care
- listen actively
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- convey medical routine information
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work with nursing staff
- promote inclusion
- interact with healthcare users
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- have computer literacy
- monitor basic patients signs
- apply organisational techniques
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- accept own accountability
Optional (EN) · 14
- perform cleaning duties
- geriatrics
- disability care
- older adults' needs
- disability types
- sterilization techniques
- use technical equipment for sterilisation
- evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves
- distribute meals to patients
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- assist in the administration of medication to elderly
- use foreign languages in patient care
- support individuals to adjust to physical disability
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