2269-Other Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified

Tasks include:

• interviewing patients and conducting diagnostic tests to determine their health status, functional limitations, and the nature of physical or mental disorders, illnesses or other health problems
• assessing patients or clients to determine the nature of the disorder, illness or problem by questioning, examining and observing
• developing and implementing treatment plans and evaluating and documenting patients' progress through treatment plans
• assessing health of patients, determining need for assistance, and assessing specialised needs and factors affecting patients' conditions
• administering therapeutic care and treatment to patients, including through application of manual and physical chiropractic and osteopathic techniques
• identifying and prescribing treatment for conditions affecting the foot, ankle and related structure of the leg due to illness, disease or other physical impairment, and prescribing corrective footwear and advising on foot care to manage foot ailments
• assessing patient condition and determining appropriate modification of imaging techniques independently
• performing limited minimally invasive procedures (e.g. intravenous cannulation, contrast/radioisotope/radiotracer administration, insertion of rectal enema tube) with appropriate patient assessment for risk factors and contraindications and applying mitigating measures to prevent and/or manage associated complications
• evaluating and recommending appropriate patient?s set-up or immobilisation devices for simulation and treatment procedures
• designing of optimal treatment plan specific to each patient?s anatomy and diagnosis
• calculating, measuring and recording radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used and disposed, using computer and following prescription
• detecting and mapping radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images
• administering radiopharmaceuticals or radiation to patients to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment
• disposing of radioactive materials and storing radiopharmaceuticals, following radiation safety procedures