Physiotherapy assistant
Code 3255.2
Physiotherapy assistants work under supervision, within defined contexts using agreed treatment protocols and procedures such as collecting client data and maintaining the equipment required in physiotherapy interventions. The overall responsibility is retained by the delegating professional.
Essential skills
Skills and competences
- Considerar las preferencias y valores del paciente en la toma de decisiones
- assist physiotherapists
- accept own accountability
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop plans related to client discharge
- empathise with the healthcare user
- develop therapeutic relationships
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- manage healthcare users' data
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- provide learning support in healthcare
- listen actively
- support discharge from physiotherapy
- promote inclusion
- advocate health
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- provide information on the effects of physiotherapy
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- interact with healthcare users
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- follow clinical guidelines
- use different communication channels
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- educate on the prevention of illness
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- provide health education
- collect healthcare user data under supervision
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences