Approved Qualifications

Ayurvedic Aesthetic Assistant

NQR code: QG-03-HE-01021-2023-V1-HSSC

This Occupational Standard describes the knowledge, understanding and skills required by an individual for positioning the client and preparing appropriate medicaments for the procedure under the guidance of an Ayurvedic practitioner or prescription.

Ayurveda Ahara and Poshana Sahayak

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06753

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

Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support

NQR code: NM-06-HE-03001-2024-V1-HSSC

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.

Ayurveda Dietician

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06754

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

NQR code: QG-2.5-HE-03622-2025-V2-HSSC

The role holder should exhibit co-ordination skills, self-discipline, empathy, dedication, patience, persistence and ethical behavior. It is also important for the individual to be well groomed and have good communication skills in English/Hindi/local language.

Basic Cardio Pulmonary Life Support

NQR code: NM-04-HE-02104-2024-V1-HSSC

Individuals in this job is responsible to identify the life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED until they can be given full medical care by advanced life support providers.

Basic Health and Wellness Skills (middle school)

NQR code: NG-01-HE-02090-2024-V1-HSSC

The purpose of this qualification is 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.

Basic Health and Wellness Skills (secondary school)

NQR code: NG-2.5-HE-02091-2024-V1-HSSC

The purpose of this qualification is 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 into their daily lifestyle and practice.

Basic Health and Wellness Skills (Sr. secondary school)

NQR code: NG-3.5-HE-02092-2024-V1-HSSC

The purpose of this qualification is to ensure school students should follow safety measures, first aid, CPR and AED techniques healthy living habits, 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 Infection Control at Healthcare Setup

NQR code: NM-03-HE-02102-2024-V1-HSSC

Individuals in this job role will acquire skills for safe handling and management of health care waste and following infection control polices.

Basic Sanitization and Infection Control at Workplace

NQR code: NM-2.5-HE-02101-2024-V1-HSSC

Individuals in this job role will be responsible to follow ways to prevent the spread of infection as per sectoral working requirements.

Basics of Millets Nutrition (Shree Anna)

NQR code: NM-01-HE-02667-2024-V1-HSSC

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

Biomedical Waste Management Nursing and Paramedical Staff

NQR code:NM-4.5-ES-02106-2024-V1-HSSC

This qualification is designed to play a crucial role in biomedical waste management by ensuring the safe handling, segregation, transportation, and disposal of waste in compliance with regulations. Their commitment to these practices is essential for maintaining a safe and healthy healthcare environment. The purpose of this qualification in biomedical waste management for nurses is essential for safeguarding patient and staff health, complying with regulations, protecting the environment, and ensuring the efficient and responsible management of biomedical waste in healthcare settings. It enhances overall healthcare quality and safety.

Central Sterile Service Department (CSSD) Assistant

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00652-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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 Therapist

NQR code: QG-06-HE-01022-2023-V1-HSSC

Cupping Therapy Assistant

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00647-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00664-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-03-HE-00653-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00661-2023-V1.1-HSSC

A Dresser’s (Medical) main job is to perform dressing of patients, and its related activities as instructed by healthcare professional. The person also maintains the set-up under supervision.

Deputy Duty Manager - Patient Relation Services

NQR code: QG-5.5-HE-00651-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-06-HE-00654-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-3.5-HE-03616-2025-V2-HSSC

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

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06761

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.

First Aid Care

NQR code: NM-2.5-HE-02103-2024-V1-HSSC

Individual in this job role is responsible to handle the casualty appropriately and calling Emergency Medical Service (EMS) or Response team or ambulance at the place of incident promptly. It also entails providing first aid care to the victim in an emergency condition while awaiting EMS response.

Frontline Health Caregiving Assistant (Elective: Home Care, General Hospital Care, Critical Hospital Care)

NQR code: QG-03-HE-01989-2024-V2-HSSC

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.

Frontline Health Caregiving Associate (Elective 1: Emergency Care, Elective 2: Sample Collection, Elective 3: Medical Equipment Care)

NQR code: QG-04-HE-01990-2024-V2-HSSC

Individuals in this job need to provide support to patients and healthcare providers in different domains of emergency care, sample collection support and medical equipment care. 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.

Fundamental of Occupational Health and Hygiene

NQR code:NG-02-HE-03753-2025-V1-HSSC

Individuals in this role will be trained to perform and adhere to basic health standards and workplace safety protocols, including WASH practices, hygiene, personal cleanliness, and food safety. The individual will also be able to comply with safety norms for self and others by identifying occupational health hazards, following preventive measures, and applying first aid skills when necessary.

Fundamentals of Sujok Therapy

NQR code:NG-03-HE-02653-2024-V1-HSSC

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.

Garbhini Rakshaka

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06758

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

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00656-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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 Trainee

NQR code: QG-04-HE-03617-2025-V2-HSSC

This course is meant for training individuals to further pursue the opportunities in the different healthcare settings for providing assistance to patient's personal care, comfort and assistance in fulfilling the nutritional and elimination needs of the patient while ensuring their safety.

General Duty Assistant-Advanced

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00657-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-05-HE-00667-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-03-HE-00663-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06765

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.

Health and Wellness coach

NQR code: QG-05-HE-03623-2025-V1-HSSC

Health and wellness coaches are the professionals who are trained to coach the client to adopt and adhere to a healthy lifestyle for the promotion of their well-being by identifying risk factors of select chronic diseases, applying biometric findings and suggesting lifestyle recommendations for optimizing health. These professionals follow the prescription/medical advice from a licensed physician or healthcare specialist and work under the limits of competence and authority to coach the client. These professionals do not diagnose or prescribe any medical intervention.

Healthcare Hygiene and Housekeeping Aide

NQR code: QG-03-HE-00048-2023-V1-HSSC

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

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06764

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

NQR code: QG-03-HE-00658-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: QG-03-HE-03619-2025-V2-HSSC

This course is meant for training individuals to further pursue the opportunities in the different care settings like home, old age home, hospice, etc. for providing assistance to patients with diverse needs in carrying out their daily living activities, providing personal care, comfort and assistance to the patients while they are coping up with their health conditions.

Hospital Front Desk Coordinator

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00659-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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.

Introduction to Music Therapy

NQR code: NM-03-HE-02668-2024-V1-HSSC

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 individual's physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs. They work with people of all ages and backgrounds, including children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly.

Ksharkarma Technician

NQR code:QG-04-HE-03295-2024-V2-HSSC

They help prepare Kshara and other essential materials for the procedure, ensuring that all tools and equipment used in Ksharakarma are properly cleaned and sterilised. They also support Ayurvedic surgeons before, during, and after Ksharakarma procedures to ensure smooth and efficient care for patients.

Medical Equipment Assistant (Basic Clinical Equipment)

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06762

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

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00660-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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.

Multi Skilled Health Assistant

NQR code: QG-03-HE-02522-2024-V1-HSSC

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.

Naturopathy Assistant

NQR code: QG-03-HE-01020-2023-V1-HSSC

This Occupational Standard describes the knowledge, understanding and skills required by an individual to carry out pre-, during and post-requirements for naturopathy procedures as prescribed by the therapist.

Panchakarma Assistant

NQR code: QG-03-HE-03621-2025-V2-HSSC

The individuals in this job assist in setting up of Panchakarma Therapy setup, and client preparation under the guidance of the Panchakarma Clinician/ Therapist. They also support in preparation of oil,churna,lepa ( medicaments), and ahara(diet) according to different Panchkarma procedures as per the instructions.

Panchkarma Technician

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00649-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: 2022/HLT/HSSC/06763

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

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00661-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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

NQR code: 2021/HLT/HSSC/04383

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 Parikshan

NQR code: NG-06-HE-03752-2025-V1-HSSC

The individuals in this job will be trained to assess the Prakriti as per the lifestyle, physical traits, and physiological functioning such as digestion, excretion, moods, nature, etc, and guide the patients for modifications in the lifestyle based on Ayurveda regimen.

Pre Hospital Trauma Assistant

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00409-2023-V1-HSSC

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 Coordinator

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00665-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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 Coordinator

NQR code: QG-05-HE-00666-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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.

Varmam-Marma Therapy Assistant

NQR code:QG-03-HE-03293-2024-V1-HSSC

The role is to assist in preparing for the Varmam Marma therapy sessions (ancient healing system by stimulating vital energy point in the body).They work under the supervision of a Ayurveda or Siddha Graduates preparing all required materials such as oils, herbal mixtures, and other therapeutic tools before each session.

Vriddha Swasthya Sahayak

NQR code:NG-04-HE-02652-2024-V1-HSSC

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.

Yoga Therapy Assistant

NQR code: QG-04-HE-00650-2023-V1.1-HSSC

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.