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The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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health psychologist
ESCO occupation · 82 essential, 9 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
promote psycho-social education
provide health psychological concepts
contribute to continuity of health care
provide health counselling
advise on healthcare users' informed consent
counsel clients
test for behavioural patterns
provide psychological health assessment strategies
psychological counselling methods
interpret psychological tests
therapy in health care
ensure safety of healthcare users
provide health psychological treatment advice
manage healthcare users' data
provide health psychological analysis
Motivate patiens
psychological treatment measures
formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
analyse processes influencing health care delivery
health care occupation-specific ethics
use e-health and mobile health technologies
provide health psychological advice
encourage healthy behaviours
first aid
help healthcare users to develop social perceptiveness
psychiatry
respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions
test for emotional patterns
apply context specific clinical competences
educate on the prevention of illness
conditions for professional practice of health psychology
employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
psychological interventions
adhere to organisational guidelines
provide health education
advise on mental health
use clinical assessment techniques
follow clinical guidelines
develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
emergency psychology
psychological healthcare services
health psychology
conduct psychological assessement
counselling methods
advise policy makers in healthcare
comply with legislation related to health care
inform policy makers on health-related challenges
listen actively
psychological measures in working with other health care professionals
psychology
interact with healthcare users
crisis intervention
evaluation of psychological performance
work in a multicultural environment in health care
psychopharmacology
evaluate psychological health measures
respond to changing situations in health care
clinical reports
work in multidisciplinary health teams
apply organisational techniques
psychological diagnostics
perform therapy sessions
promote inclusion
psychopathology
work with patterns of psychological behaviour
accept own accountability
analyse health damaging behaviours
apply conceptual thinking
analyse psychological aspects of illness
apply health psychological measures
deal with emergency care situations
neurology
empathise with the healthcare user
consultation
psychological concepts
analyse large-scale data in healthcare
manage health promotion activities
apply health sciences
facilitate the psychological development of the healthcare user
provide health psychological diagnosis
assess healthcare users' risk for harm
comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
Optional & specialised skills
diagnose mental disorders
employ foreign languages for health-related research
psychosomatics
ensure proper appointment administration
employ foreign languages in care
provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
apply a holistic approach in care
apply caseload management
work on the effects of abuse
Other matches: psychologist · assistant clinical psychologist · clinical psychologist · educational psychologist · social counsellor
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are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.