chiropractic assistant
Chiropractic assistants perform routine and administrative tasks to support patient care and work under the sole direction and supervision of a Chiropractor or Specialized Chiropractor. They may interview patients, keep records of the case history, assist Chiropractors or Specialized Chiropractors in providing patients examination and perform administrative tasks. Chiropractic assistants work within defined contexts using agreed protocols and procedures.
Also called: chiropractic support worker, assistant to licensed chiropractor, assistant etiopath, assistant osteopath, assistant to chiropractic, chiropractic's assistant, assistant musculoskeletal therapist, assistant neuromusculoskeletal therapist
- 15
- essential skills
- 17
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- doctors' surgery assistant8 skills in common
- front line medical receptionist8 skills in common
- medical records clerk6 skills in common
- physiotherapist6 skills in common
- specialist chiropractor6 skills in common
- advanced physiotherapist5 skills in common
- orthoptist5 skills in common
- speech and language therapist5 skills in common
Essential skills
15- accept own accountability
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- answer patients' questions
- chiropractic terminology
- collect healthcare user data under supervision
- collect healthcare user's general data
- customer service
- identify patients' medical records
- maintain chiropractic equipment
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- medical informatics
- provide health education
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use electronic health records management system
Optional skills
17- administer appointments
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- empathise with the healthcare user
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- medical terminology
- professional documentation in health care
- promote inclusion
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- respond to changing situations in health care
- use different communication channels
- use foreign languages in patient care
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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