Description
Doctors' surgery assistants support doctors of medicine in medical measures, in performing simple support activities during medical procedures, standardised diagnostic programmes and standardised point-of-care tests, ensuring surgery hygiene, cleaning, disinfecting, sterilising and maintaining medical devices and performing the organisational and administrative tasks required for operating a doctor`s surgery under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
medical terminologyprofessional documentation in health carehealth care systemmulti-professional cooperation in health caresurgical asepsistechniques of blood-samplinganaestheticsmedical informaticshealth care legislationadministrative tasks in a medical environmenthealth records managementwound closure techniquesradiological procedurescustomer serviceclinical reportse-procurementspine surgery
Practical Skills
communicate in healthcarework in multidisciplinary health teamsmaintain healthcare user data confidentialityinteract with healthcare usersaccept own accountabilityprovide health educationfollow clinical guidelinesmaintain treatment recordsinform policy makers on health-related challengesensure safety of healthcare usersapply organisational techniquesrespond to changing situations in health careeducate on the prevention of illnessuse e-health and mobile health technologiesrecord healthcare users' progress related to treatmentanswer patients' questionsadhere to organisational guidelinescontribute to continuity of health caremanage healthcare users' dataperform reconstructive plastic surgeryprovide test results to medical staffapply context specific clinical competencescomply with legislation related to health careassist in epilepsy surgerydevelop a collaborative therapeutic relationshipmonitor patients' progress related to treatmentoperate patients with thoracic diseasesdeal with emergency care situationsprovide pre-treatment informationprocess medical insurance claimscomply with quality standards related to healthcare practiceempathise with the healthcare userwork in a multicultural environment in health careadvise on healthcare users' informed consentpromote inclusionassist with hemostasisrecord healthcare users' billing informationsupervise medical office support workersoffer advice on diet-related concernsuse foreign languages in patient careperform procurement processescollect biological samples from patientsuse venepuncture procedure equipmentanalyse X-ray imageryadminister appointmentsperform venepuncture proceduresconduct polysomnographyassist patients with special needstake blood samples