biomedical scientist
Biomedical scientists perform all laboratory methods required as part of medical examination, monitoring, treatment, and research activities which involves designing, planning, organizing, applying, evaluating, interpreting and validating all analytical processes. They develop their activity in several fields of expertise such as haematology, microbiology, clinical immunology, cytopathology, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and clinical biochemistry among others. This requires the application of qualitative and quantitative laboratory methods, including image analysis and digital pathology, to provide an investigative report and diagnostic opinion on products of a biological nature.
Also called: blood bank technology specialist, medical laboratory scientist, clinical laboratory technologist, researcher in biomedical science, clinical laboratory scientist, analyst in biomedical science, biomedical analyst, biomedical doctor
- 98
- essential skills
- 29
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
98- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- analyse body fluids
- analyse cell cultures
- analytical methods in biomedical sciences
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply good clinical practices
- apply organisational techniques
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- automated analysers in the medical laboratory
- bioethics
- biological chemistry
- biological haematology
- biology
- biomedical science
- biomedical scientists' role in health care system
- biomedical techniques
- biophysics
- biosafety in biomedical laboratory
- biostatistics
- blood transfusion
- carry out biopsy
- chemistry
- clinical biochemistry
- clinical cytology
- clinical immunology
- clinical microbiology
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct health related research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- cross-matching techniques for blood transfusions
- deal with emergency care situations
- densiometry
- dermapathology
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose disorders of the urogenital system
- diagnostic methods in medical laboratory
- educate on the prevention of illness
- embryology
- epidemiology
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- histology
- histopathology
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- immunohaematology
- immunology
- implement quality control procedures for biomedical tests
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- keep up to date with diagnostic innovations
- label medical laboratory samples
- laboratory methods in biomedical sciences
- listen actively
- maintain medical laboratory equipment
- manage healthcare staff
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage infection control in the facility
- medical genetics
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- microbiology-bacteriology
- microscopic techniques
- molecular biology
- monitor the effects of medication
- pathology
- perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis
- perform pathology consultations
- perform PCR covid test
- perform reconstructive microsurgery
- perform screening for infectious diseases
- perform stem cell transplantation
- perform toxicological studies
- professional documentation in health care
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide test results to medical staff
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- radiation protection
- record data from biomedical tests
- respond to changing situations in health care
- support blood transfusion services
- techniques of blood-sampling
- tissue cytogenetics
- toxicology
- transplantation
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- validate biomedical analysis results
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional skills
29- apply numeracy skills
- carry out flow cytometry
- collect biological samples from patients
- conduct routine blood testing
- conduct training on biomedical equipment
- create solutions to problems
- cryopreservation
- electroencephalography
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- examine samples in dermatology
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients
- first aid
- have computer literacy
- hepatology
- interpret electromyograms
- intracranial hypertension
- medical device vigilance reporting systems
- medical parasitology
- monitor biomedical equipment stock
- multidisciplinary research
- neoplasia
- pedagogy
- perform diagnostic testing for allergies
- perform virological test
- proteomics
- research new treatments for blood related disorders
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
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