Physiotherapist
Code 2264.2
Physiotherapists are autonomous health professionals who are responsible for developing, maintaining or restoring motor function and movement throughout the lifespan using evidence-based practice. They relieve pain and treat or prevent physical conditions associated with injury, disease or other impairments. Physiotherapists empower patients and their carers to manage the condition outside clinical settings. They work within their scope of practice and their professional Code of Conduct.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- human anatomy
- biomechanics
- kinetics
- surgery
- emergency surgery
- pharmacology
- human physiology
- orthopaedic manual physiotherapy
- physics
- geriatrics
- manage healthcare staff
- medical informatics
- therapeutic massage
- intensive care medicine
- general medicine
- neurology
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics
- psychology
- psychiatry
- rehabilitation
- sociology
- respiratory therapy
- medical terminology
Skills and competences
- adjust physiotherapy interventions
- apply context specific clinical competences
- accept own accountability
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- develop physiotherapy services
- create solutions to problems
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services
- 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
- formulate a treatment plan
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage a healthcare unit budget
- manage clinical risk
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- provide self management support
- provide learning support in healthcare
- engage in physiotherapy research
- listen actively
- promote inclusion
- advocate health
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- provide information on the effects of physiotherapy
- provide physiotherapy diagnosis
- conduct health related research
- prescribe healthcare products
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- interact with healthcare users
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- follow clinical guidelines
- triage clients for physiotherapy
- supervise physiotherapist assistants
- use different communication channels
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- refer healthcare users
- educate on the prevention of illness
- ejercer con los colegas un rol de liderazgo orientado a los objetivos
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- manage physiotherapy staff
- interpret medical results
- first aid
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- conduct physiotherapy assessment
- collect healthcare user's general data
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- supervise physiotherapy students
- 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