Occupation Atlasspecialist biomedical scientist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/acbb7a20-c947-480d-a07e-868a0ab3eab8
specialist biomedical scientist
Specialist biomedical scientists lead a department or specialist area, undertaking clinical research projects and working as a diagnostic partner within the health care team (investigating and diagnosing patient illnesses like, cancer, diabetes, haematological disorders and coagulation, in the areas of molecular biology or genomics, among others) using several methods, digital tools, and bioinformatics.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative7.00
- R Realistic5.29
- C Conventional3.85
- S Social1.98
- A Artistic1.92
- E Enterprising1.07
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Microbiologists (19-1022.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (44)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- biosafety in biomedical laboratory
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct health related research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- dermapathology
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose disorders of the urogenital system
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow code of ethics for biomedical practices
- hygiene in a health care setting
- interact with healthcare users
- keep up to date with diagnostic innovations
- listen actively
- make clinical decisions
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage infection control in the facility
- medical informatics
- monitor biomedical equipment stock
- multidisciplinary research
- perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis
- perform pathology consultations
- perform reconstructive microsurgery
- perform transcranial magnetic stimulation
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide test results to medical staff
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- record data from biomedical tests
- report the results of treatment
- respond to changing situations in health care
- train employees
- 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 (16)
- advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling
- clinical immunopathology
- electroencephalography
- examine samples in dermatology
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients
- explain types of coagulation disorders
- have computer literacy
- hepatology
- interpret electromyograms
- intracranial hypertension
- medical parasitology
- neoplasia
- perform diagnostic testing for allergies
- perform virological test
- research new treatments for blood related disorders
- supervise nursing staff
O*NET equivalents
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