# Competences — speech and language therapist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8021f3a2-e3de-43c0-b366-075da74dc5b7).

## Essential

- **accept own accountability** (skill/competence)
- **adhere to organisational guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **advise on healthcare users' informed consent** (skill/competence)
- **apply context specific clinical competences** (skill/competence)
- **apply organisational techniques** (skill/competence)
- **audiology** (knowledge)
- **audiometry** (knowledge)
- **behavioural neurology** (knowledge)
- **communicate in healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
- **comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research on speech-related topics** (skill/competence)
- **contribute to continuity of health care** (skill/competence)
- **counsel on communication disorders** (skill/competence)
- **counsel patients on improving speech** (skill/competence)
- **deal with emergency care situations** (skill/competence)
- **develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship** (skill/competence)
- **diagnose speech disorders** (skill/competence)
- **educate on the prevention of illness** (skill/competence)
- **empathise with the healthcare user** (skill/competence)
- **encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring** (skill/competence)
- **ensure safety of healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate the psychological impact of speech problems** (skill/competence)
- **exercise patience** (skill/competence)
- **facial gymnastics** (knowledge)
- **first aid** (knowledge)
- **follow clinical guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy** (skill/competence)
- **health care legislation** (knowledge)
- **health care occupation-specific ethics** (knowledge)
- **hearing loss** (knowledge)
- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
- **human physiology** (knowledge)
- **hygiene in a health care setting** (knowledge)
- **inform policy makers on health-related challenges** (skill/competence)
- **interact with healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **linguistics** (knowledge)
- **lip reading** (knowledge)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **logopaedics** (knowledge)
- **manage healthcare users' data** (skill/competence)
- **manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke** (skill/competence)
- **medical informatics** (knowledge)
- **medical terminology** (knowledge)
- **monitor patients' progress related to treatment** (skill/competence)
- **movement techniques** (knowledge)
- **neurology** (knowledge)
- **neuropsychology** (knowledge)
- **organise relapse prevention** (skill/competence)
- **otorhinolaryngologic conditions** (knowledge)
- **paediatrics** (knowledge)
- **pathology** (knowledge)
- **perform therapy sessions** (skill/competence)
- **phonetics** (knowledge)
- **phoniatrics** (knowledge)
- **professional documentation in health care** (knowledge)
- **promote good habits to avoid communication disorders** (skill/competence)
- **promote inclusion** (skill/competence)
- **provide health education** (skill/competence)
- **psychiatry** (knowledge)
- **psychology** (knowledge)
- **record healthcare users' progress related to treatment** (skill/competence)
- **respond to changing situations in health care** (skill/competence)
- **sign language** (knowledge)
- **special needs education** (knowledge)
- **speech techniques** (knowledge)
- **teach communication methods** (skill/competence)
- **treat speech disorders** (skill/competence)
- **treat swallowing disorders** (skill/competence)
- **use e-health and mobile health technologies** (skill/competence)
- **use techniques to increase patients' motivation** (skill/competence)
- **work in a multicultural environment in health care** (skill/competence)
- **work in multidisciplinary health teams** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- autism (knowledge)
- bobath therapy (knowledge)
- conduct polysomnography (skill/competence)
- cued speech (knowledge)
- interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology (skill/competence)
- pedagogy (knowledge)
- provide stroke rehabilitation services (skill/competence)
- psychoacoustics (knowledge)
- psycholinguistics (knowledge)
- refer healthcare users (skill/competence)
- supervise speech and language team (skill/competence)
- undertake clinical audit (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)