Occupation Atlaschiropractic assistant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/66ca3643-e6f3-4c75-9300-40d813185b3e
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.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SRISocial · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.56
- R Realistic5.53
- I Investigative4.77
- C Conventional3.55
- E Enterprising2.13
- A Artistic1.34
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 Chiropractors (29-1011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
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
- 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 (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
O*NET equivalents
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