Occupation Atlasadvanced physiotherapist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a317e9c2-62d5-4a24-8ad4-5cb7b9db3f3b
advanced physiotherapist
Advanced physiotherapists are highly specialised. They make complex decisions and manage risks in unpredictable contexts and within a defined area. They may focus on a specific area of clinical practice, education, research or professional management.
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
ISRInvestigative · Social · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.26
- S Social6.00
- R Realistic4.92
- C Conventional3.00
- A Artistic1.87
- E Enterprising1.69
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 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians (29-1229.04): 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 (65)
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 health well-being and safety
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adjust physiotherapy interventions
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advocate health
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct health related research
- conduct physiotherapy assessment
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- create solutions to problems
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop physiotherapy services
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services
- develop therapeutic relationships
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- engage in physiotherapy research
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- formulate a treatment plan
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret medical results
- listen actively
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- manage a healthcare unit budget
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage physiotherapy staff
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- prescribe healthcare products
- prescribe medication
- prescribe tests for physiotherapy
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote inclusion
- provide advanced clinical practice in physiotherapy
- provide health education
- provide information on the effects of physiotherapy
- provide learning support in healthcare
- provide physiotherapy diagnosis
- provide self management support
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- refer healthcare users
- respond to changing situations in health care
- supervise physiotherapist assistants
- supervise physiotherapy students
- triage clients
- triage clients for physiotherapy
- use different communication channels
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
O*NET equivalents
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