Profession 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.

Personality Type

• Conventional / Social

Related professions medical assistant

• Anaesthetist assistant
• Hospital orderly
• Medical assistant
• Physician assistant
• Surgery assistant

Knowledge

• Medical informatics

  The processes and tools used for the analysis and dissemination of medical data through computerized systems.

• Chiropractic terminology

  Chiropractic terms and abbreviations, chiropractic prescriptions and various chiropractic specialties and when to use them correctly.

• Administrative tasks in a medical environment

  The medical administrative tasks such as registration of patients, appointment systems, record keeping of patients information and repeated precribing.

• Customer service

  Processes and principles related to the customer, client, service user and to personal services; these may include procedures to evaluate customer's or service user's satisfaction.

Skills

• Provide health education

  Provide evidence based strategies to promote healthy living, disease prevention and management.

• Collect healthcare user data under supervision

  Collect qualitative and quantitative data related to the healthcare user's physical, psychological, emotional and social status and functional ability within set parameters, monitoring healthcare user's responses and status during the performance of assigned measures/tests and taking appropriate action, including reporting the findings to the physiotherapist.

• Ensure proper appointment administration

  Set up a proper procedure to manage appointments, including policies related to cancellation and nonappearance.

• Identify patients' medical records

  Locate, retrieve and present medical records, as requested by authorized medical personnel.

• Maintain healthcare user data confidentiality

  Comply with and maintain the confidentiality of healthcare users` illness and treatment information.

• Maintain chiropractic equipment

  Maintain the chiropractic professional equipment, supplied and professional spaces in the unit/office, making sure that it is kept in good working condition to support chiropractic services and maintained regularly as required by national legislative regulations.

• Use electronic health records management system

  Use specific software for the management of health care records, following appropriate codes of practice.

• Collect healthcare user's general data

  Collect qualitative and quantitative data related to the healthcare user's anagraphic data and provide support on filling out the present and past history questionnaire and record the measures/tests performed by the practitioner.

• Answer patients' questions

  Respond in a friendly and professional manner to all inquiries from current or potential patients, and their families, of a healthcare establishment.

• Advise on healthcare users' informed consent

  Ensure patients/clients are fully informed about the risks and benefits of proposed treatments so they can give informed consent, engaging patients/clients in the process of their care and treatment.

• Use e-health and mobile health technologies

  Use mobile health technologies and e-health (online applications and services) in order to enhance the provided healthcare.

• Accept own accountability

  Accept accountability for one`s own professional activities and recognise the limits of one`s own scope of practice and competencies.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB