NSQF Aligned Course

Assistant Yoga Instructor

This Occupational Standard describes the knowledge, understanding and skills required by an individual to carry out the activities related to yoga sessions along with the pre and post ones.

Ayurveda Ahara and Poshana Sahayak

This Occupational Standard describes the knowledge, understanding and skills required by an individual for identification, collection and storage of food items and material prior to food preparation

Ayurveda Dietician

This Occupational Standard describes the preparation of a diet chart related to a specific disease or health condition as per ayurvedic principles and concepts

Ayurveda Masseur

The individuals in this job are trained to practice safe and competent Ayurveda Massage

Central Sterile Service Department (CSSD) Assistant

Healthcare professionals who are responsible for functions of decontamination, assembly and sterile processing, sterile storage, and distribution. They direct other personnel in department for sterilization, cleaning and disinfection process.

Cupping Therapy Assistant

A Cupping Therapy Assistant is an allied healthcare professional who assists an AYUSH practitioner in carrying out dry and wet cupping therapy which is creating suction by placing heated cups on skin by hand.

Diabetes Assistant

A Diabetes Assistant assists the physician in developing a comprehensive, cost effective and Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) plan for individuals suffering from pre-diabetic and diabetic symptoms. The candidate is involved in imparting the understanding of the effects of healthy behavior and lifestyle on acute and chronic problems related to diabetes.

Dietetic Aide

The Dietetic Aide works under the supervision of a registered Dietician. The individual's responsibilities include preparing and serving meals to patients with specific dietary and nutritional needs, complying with diet regulations and food handling practices, maintaining safety and sanitary standards, and performing certain administrative functions.

Dresser Medical

The Dresser (Medical) performs dressing of patients and its related activities as instructed by healthcare professionals. The person also maintains the set-up under supervision.

Deputy Duty Manager – Patient Relation Services

The individual at this job supervises front desk activities for maintaining a professional work environment, team supervision, administrative support, supervisory support, office harmony, crisis handling, office morale, customer service under the guidance of manager. They assist for planning, implementing, monitoring daily activities at front desk/medical desk including Inpatient & outpatient in healthcare set up.

Duty Manager - Patient Relation Services

The individual at this job oversee and manage patient care services departments in a hospital. They are involved in planning, organizing, directing and controlling related resources at Hospital Front Desk. They also collaborate with other department to design, develop and implement process & services of the center including personnel, financial, facilities, equipment and supplies.

Emergency Care Assistant

Individuals at this job need to provide emergency medical support and care to individuals who are critically ill or injured and transport them to a medical facility within stipulated time limits.

Emergency Medical Technician- Basic

Individuals at this job need to provide emergency medical support and care to individuals who are critically ill or injured and transport them to a medical facility within stipulated time limits.

Garbhini Rakshaka

The individual on this job assists the Ayurveda Gynecologist from pre- conceptional to post-natal care of individuals. They also help in perform basic administrative functions including storekeeping and record maintenance of day-to-day activities.

General Duty Assistant

Individuals in this job provide patient care and assist in preparing patient’s unit. Some of the key responsibilities of a General Duty Assistant are to provide personal care, comfort and assistance in fulfilling the nutritional and elimination needs of the patient while ensuring their safety.

General Duty Assistant-Advanced

Individual on the job provides patient care and helps maintain a conducive environment in various departments of hospital/home setting. Some of the key responsibilities include maintaining activities of patient’s daily living, patient’s comfort, safety and health needs. They monitor or report changes in health status. This job requires the individual to work in collaboration with doctors and nurses and other healthcare providers and deliver the healthcare services as suggested by them at a hospital or home setting in shifts.

Genetic Counselor

A genetic counselor is an allied healthcare professional who is responsible for obtaining clinical, family and health information, advising individuals/families about their risk of inheriting genetic diseases, informing testing options for diagnosis and providing available options to prevent/ treat genetic conditions. They also focus on empowering their patients by helping them understand and adjust to the genetic conditions.

Geriatric Care Assistant

GERIATRIC CARE ASSISTANT provides routine individualized care to geriatrics at hospitals/ home set up/old age homes/community centers etc. They assist in maintaining activities of daily living for geriatrics & work in collaboration with healthcare team, individuals, and care takers to deliver the prescribed healthcare services.

Geriatric Caregiver (Institutional & Home Care) Options: Palliative Care/ Dementia Care

Individuals at this job need to provide care to elderly as a Geriatric Caregiver at various work settings such as Institutional & Home Care set up. These professionals act as a companion to Geriatrics and helps in maintaining daily living activities, rehabilitation, coping up with ill health condition, provide support to meet healthcare needs. These professionals may also undergo a specialized optional training related to care of geriatrics Dementia or Palliative Care

Healthcare Hygiene and Housekeeping Aide

Individuals in this job role will be responsible to provide aide for basic hygiene, routine and housekeeping activities within the department of hospital/nursing home and clinics.

Healthcare Quality Assurance Manager

A Healthcare Quality Assurance Manager’s main job is to ensure that healthcare organization gets the right guidance to implement quality accreditation/certification standards and healthcare personnel are guided to follow quality parameters at all times. They may implement the quality accreditation/certification process directly in the healthcare organization depending on its size and nature of services.

Home Health Aide

Individuals in this job provide assistance to patients with diverse needs in carrying out their daily living activities at different care settings like home, old age home, hospice, etc. Some of the key responsibilities of a Home Health Aide are to provide personal care, comfort and assistance to the patient while they are coping up with their health conditions. They also report the health status to the service providers or other health professionals.

Home Health Aide Trainee

Individuals in this job provide assistance to patients with diverse needs in carrying out their daily living activities at different care settings like home, old age home, hospice, etc. Some of the key responsibilities of the individual is to provide personal care, comfort and assistance to the patient while they are coping up with their health conditions. They also report the health status to the service providers or other health professionals.

Hospital Front Desk Coordinator

Individuals in this job are usually the first contact point in healthcare organizations encountered by patients and visitors, whether on the phone, online or in person. They assist in coordination at Front Desk at Healthcare Facility.

Kshara Karma Technician

Kshara Karma Technicians are Ayurvedic healthcare support professionals who are responsible to assist the Ayurvedic surgeon with the Kshara Karma procedure as well as arrange for the pre and post requirements of Ayurvedic surgical procedures.

Medical Equipment Assistant (Basic Clinical Equipment)

Medical Equipment Assistant (Basic Clinical Equipment) install, maintain and repair patient care equipment. They perform inspection, installation and preventative maintenance of general clinical equipment, including appropriate documentation for all service activities and training the hospital staff.

Medical Records Assistant

The individual compiles, processes, and maintains medical records of patients in a manner which meets the medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system following its latest coding systems and standards.

Panchakarma Assistant

The individuals in this job provide assistance for Panchakarma Therapy under the close supervision and guidance of Panchakarma Clinician/ Therapist. They also support in performing basic clerical functions in the unit.

Panchkarma Technician

The individuals in this job provide panchakarma therapy as per the prescription by creating appropriate and conducive ambience, and ensuring the availability of required materials, herbs and related formulations. These professionals provide support to individuals before, during and after therapy. They also perform basic administrative functions including record maintenance of day to day activities at work place.

Patient Relations Associate

Individuals in this job are responsible for counseling, assisting and supporting patients & visitors as per their needs along with effectively managing front desk services in a healthcare setup without giving any opinions / assurances on clinical matters. They perform certain administrative task such as maintenance of records, paperwork, billing, basic management concepts & computer knowledge.

Phlebotomist

A Phlebotomist draws blood samples from patients for laboratory testing and analysis and also guides patients in collection of other type of samples like urine, stool, sputum, etc. This may be done at the laboratory, collection centre, or at the client site. The incumbent also ensures availability and suitability of supplies to be used in the process. The person is also responsible for other activities such as labelling, record keeping and other related documentation.

Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitra

The Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitra (AM) is the primary contact for the beneficiaries at every empanelled hospital care provider. The AM shall be extensively responsible for operating the Beneficiary Identification System to identify and verify the beneficiaries entitled under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY); undertaking Transaction Management such as submitting requests for Pre-Authorization and Claims and guiding the Beneficiary about the overall benefits under AB-PMJAY and providing information related to prompt treatment at empaneled health care provider.

Prakriti Evaluator

The individuals in this job provide assistance for Panchakarma Therapy under the close supervision and guidance of Panchakarma Clinician/ Therapist. They also support in performing basic clerical functions in the unit.

Pre Hospital Trauma Assistant

This is a skilling course in which individuals will be providing requisite care to trauma victims at the site of injury and during transportation to the nearest trauma care facility / health centre within the ‘Golden Hour’.

Telehealth Services Cordinator

Telehealth Services Coordinator serves as point-of-contact for telehealth services at either referral/patient/primary health care provider’s site or specialty/consultation/secondary/tertiary healthcare provider’s site. They support physicians, patients and other providers in using widespread e-Health services. telemedicine equipment as needed, maintaining inventory, billing, database management with proper documentation and promoting telehealth services in the local community especially in locations where there is limited access to healthcare providers.

Transplant Cordinator

Transplant coordinator undertakes grief counselling of family members of the deceased. They also coordinate live and deceased organ and tissue donation, retrieval, storage, transport for transplantation and engages in organ donation awareness related initiatives.

Yoga Therapy Assistant (Elective1 Diabetes Care, Elective 2 Palliative Care)

Health care professionals who demonstrate and assist to provide yoga therapies to the individuals by creating appropriate and conducive ambience. These professionals follow prescriptions and provides support to individuals before, during and after therapy. They also perform basic administrative functions including record maintenance of day to day activities at work place.

Yoga Wellness Trainer

The Yoga Wellness Trainer teaches yoga for promotion of wellness in educational institutions, yoga studios, workplaces, yoga wellness centres/Primary Health care centres etc. They also guide subordinates for relevant yoga demonstrations.

Yoga Wellness Trainer

The Yoga Wellness Trainer teaches yoga for promotion of wellness in educational institutions, yoga studios, workplaces, yoga wellness centres/Primary Health care centres etc. They also guide subordinates for relevant yoga demonstrations.

Foundation Course in Healthcare

The purpose of this qualification is to create awareness and sensitization among school students about healthy living, health promotion, career in healthcare, basic first aid and CPR techniques, and troubleshooting emergencies in school, family or community to appropriate authority. This would habituate them to apply fundamental concepts of healthy body into their daily lifestyle and practice.

Ayurvedic Aesthetic Assistant

The Ayurvedic Aesthetic assistant assist the Ayurvedic physician in client management for skin related interventions required for Aesthetic therapy in lines with ayurvedic principles. They also help to perform basic administrative functions including storekeeping and record maintenance of day-to-day activities at workplace.

Basic Health and Wellness Skills (middle school)

To create awareness among school students about safety measures, healthy living, health promotion, basic first aid tips and sensitization on clean, healthy and safe environment so that they could follow safety measures, First Aid, Healthy lifestyle and Safe Environment Practices in day-to-day life.

Naturopathy Assistant

The individuals in this job are trained to assist for a safe and competent Naturopathy Therapy as an Assistant. These professionals will work under the guidance and supervision of a registered Yoga & Naturopathy therapist.

Basic Health and Wellness Skills (secondary school)

To create awareness among school students about safety measures, healthy living, health promotion, basic first aid tips and sensitization on clean, healthy and safe environment. This would habituate them to apply fundamental concepts of healthy body, safety measures, disaster preparedness, CPR, First Aid, Healthy Lifestyle and Safe environment practices into their daily lifestyle and practice.

Basic Health and Wellness Skills (Sr. Secondary school)

To ensure school students should follow safety measures, first aid, CPR and AED techniques, healthy living habits, practices for sexual and substance abuse prevention, mental and health promotion, disaster preparedness and sensitization on clean, healthy and safe environment. This would habituate them to apply fundamental concepts of healthy body into their daily lifestyle and practice.

Basic Sanitization and Infection Control at Workplace

This program is about following ways for sanitization to prevent the spread of infection as per sectoral working requirements.

First Aid Care

Demonstrate technical skills in providing first aid care to victims as per the emergency condition.

Basic Infection Control at Healthcare Setup

This program is about handling and management of health care waste and following infection control polices

Basic Cardiopulmonary Life Support

Demonstrate technical skills to provide high-quality chest compressions, using automated external defibrillators (AED) and relieving airway obstructions in patients/victim who is experiencing cardiac arrest, respiratory distress or an obstructed airway.

Frontline Health Caregiving Assistant

Individual in this job provides care to the patient in different settings like Home and Hospital. Their work involves working with basic equipment like Oxygen Concentrator, Oxygen Cylinder, Nebulizer, steam inhalation and Pulse-oximeter. They are also responsible to maintain records manually or digitally as per protocols.

Multiskilled Health Assistant

Individual would assist healthcare professionals in managing the workplace and patients of small and medium size healthcare settings like clinic, polyclinic, PHC, CHC, medical store, diagnostic facility, etc. They would carry out duties assigned by healthcare professional under their guidance.

Vṛiddha Swāsthya Sahayak

This unit is about assisting the geriatrics (Vriddha) with professional techniques in providing focused care as per principles of Ayurveda and Yoga while maintaining daily living activities with diverse needs

Fundamentals of Sujok Therapy

This Occupational Standard describes the knowledge, understanding, and skills required by an individual to comply with the procedural requirements of the Sujok therapy procedure under the guidance and supervision of registered Ayush professionals. During Sujok therapy specific points on hands and feet are pressed to treat the ailments.

Basics of Millets Nutrition(Shree Anna)

The person in this role is trained to understand basic Ayurvedic Nutrition Essentials and Millets for Holistic Health leading to wellness promotion.

Introduction to Music Therapy

Music therapy is the use of music in the accomplishment of therapeutic aims such as Restoration, Maintenance, and improvement of Physical and mental health. The program leads to the Therapeutic Application of Indian Music through the Biopsychosocial Approach & Ayurvedic Approach. It helps in the Implementation of Music therapy during Yoga therapy. The individual in this role will be able to apply music-based interventions to address the individuals' physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs. They work with people of all ages and backgrounds, including children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly.

Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support

To equip healthcare professionals with the necessary skills and knowledge to manage cardiac emergencies effectively and enhance patient outcomes by sustaining life and preserving neurological function during cardiovascular emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes