As a Biomedical Scientist, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• analyse body fluids
• analyse cell cultures
• analytical methods in biomedical sciences
• apply context specific clinical competences
• apply good clinical practices
• apply safety procedures in laboratory
• assist in the production of laboratory documentation
• automated analysers in the medical laboratory
• bioethics
• biological chemistry
• biomedical scientists' role in health care system
• biosafety in biomedical laboratory
• carry out biopsy
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• diagnostic methods in medical laboratory
• embryology
• histopathology
• immunohaematology
• implement quality control procedures for biomedical tests
• label medical laboratory samples
• microbiology-bacteriology
• monitor the effects of medication
• perform screening for infectious diseases
• professional documentation in health care
• promote inclusion
• provide test results to medical staff
• provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
• support blood transfusion services
• techniques of blood-sampling
• transplantation
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• validate biomedical analysis results
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, a biomedical scientist is also versed in:

• adhere to organisational guidelines
• apply organisational techniques
• apply scientific methods
• biological haematology
• biology
• biomedical science
• biomedical techniques
• biophysics
• biostatistics
• blood transfusion
• chemistry
• clinical biochemistry
• clinical cytology
• clinical immunology
• clinical microbiology
• communicate in healthcare
• comply with legislation related to health care
• conduct health related research
• cross-matching techniques for blood transfusions
• deal with emergency care situations
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• educate on the prevention of illness
• epidemiology
• follow clinical guidelines
• health care legislation
• health care occupation-specific ethics
• histology
• human anatomy
• human physiology
• hygiene in a health care setting
• immunology
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• interact with healthcare users
• keep up to date with diagnostic innovations
• laboratory methods in biomedical sciences
• listen actively
• maintain medical laboratory equipment
• manage healthcare staff
• manage healthcare users' data
• manage infection control in the facility
• medical genetics
• medical informatics
• medical terminology
• microscopic techniques
• molecular biology
• pathology
• perform toxicological studies
• provide health education
• radiation protection
• record data from biomedical tests
• respond to changing situations in health care
• toxicology
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• collect biological samples from patients
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• medical device vigilance reporting systems
• monitor biomedical equipment stock
• apply numeracy skills
• conduct training on biomedical equipment
• create solutions to problems
• empathise with the healthcare user
• first aid
• have computer literacy
• pedagogy
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care