Certification of Health Professionals
ACSA has been a pioneer in developing certification programmes for professionals working in health organisations.
Due to the certification of their competences with ACSA, health professionals from different work areas are able to display their achievements in their professional performance. This certification is based on quality standards driven by the scientific evidence available and the consensus of experts in different specialties. ACSA goes together with the professionals through a process of reflection and improvement that leads to certification, guaranteeing methodological rigour, technical independence, impartiality and confidentiality of the information
Around 8,000 health professionals have chosen ACSA for certificating, whereby they obtain the quality seal and aim for scaling up their level.
What do we certify?
Competencies of Healthcare Professionals
- Admissions and Clinical Documentation Physician
- Allergist
- Anaesthesiologist
- Angiologist and Vascular Surgeon
- Blood Establishment Haematology and Haemotherapy Specialist Physician
- Cardiology Specialist Physician
- Cardiovascular Surgeon
- Child Care Nurse
- Clinical Analysis and/or Biochemistry Specialist Physician
- Clinical Genetics Specialist Physician
- Clinical Immunology Specialist Physician
- Clinical Neurophysiologist
- Clinical Pharmacologist
- Clinical Psychologist
- Company /Occupational Nurse
- Company/Occupational Physician
- Critical Care Nurse
- Dentist
- Digestive Tract and General Surgeon
- Digestive Tract Specialist Physician
- Emergency Nurse
- Emergency Specialist Physician
- Endocrinology and Nutrition Specialist Physician
- ENT Specialist
- Expert on Nutrition and Food Control
- General Practitioner in Blood Establishments
- Gynaecology and Obstetrics Specialist Physician
- Hospital Care Nurse: Outpatient Care
- Hospital Care Paediatrician
- Hospital Emergency Nurse
- Hospital Haematology and Haemotherapy Specialist Physician
- Hospital Pharmacist
- Hospital Radiophysics Specialist
- Inpatient and Special Care Nurse
- Inpatient Nurse
- Intensive Care and Critical Care Specialist Physician
- Internal Medicine Doctor- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine Specialist Physician
- Medical and Surgical Dermatology and Venereology Specialist Physician
- Medical Oncology Specialist Physician
- Mental Health Nurse
- Microbiologist
- Midwife
- Nephrologist
- Neurologist
- Neurosurgeon
- Nuclear Medicine Specialist Physician
- Nurse for Advanced Palliative Care Resources
- Nurse for Advanced Practice in Cases Management
- Occupational Therapist
- Ophthalmologist
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Paediatric Surgery Specialist Physician
- Pathologist
- Perfusionist Nurse
- Physician in Teams and Centres for Health Emergencies Coordination
- Physiotherapist
- Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist Physician
- Preventive Medicine and Public Health Specialist Physician
- Primary and Community Care Nurse
- Primary Care Epidemiologist
- Primary Care General Practitioner
- Primary Care Paediatrician
- Primary Care Pharmacist
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients at Cardiovascular Risk
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Diabetes
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Oral Anticoagulation
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Palliative Sedation
- Psychiatrist
- Pulmonologist
- Radiation Oncology Specialist Physician
- Radiologist
- Radiopharmacy Specialist
- Rehabilitation Specialist Physician
- Renal Dialysis and Transplant Nurse
- Rheumatologist
- Specialist Physician for Advanced Palliative Care Resources
- Surgical Block Nurse
- Thoracic Surgeon
- Transplant Coordinator Nurse
- Transplant Coordinator Physician
- Traumatologist and Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Urologist
Full List
- Admissions and Clinical Documentation Physician
- Allergist
- Anaesthesiologist
- Angiologist and Vascular Surgeon
- Blood Establishment Haematology and Haemotherapy Specialist Physician
- Cardiology Specialist Physician
- Cardiovascular Surgeon
- Child Care Nurse
- Clinical Analysis and/or Biochemistry Specialist Physician
- Clinical Genetics Specialist Physician
- Clinical Immunology Specialist Physician
- Clinical Neurophysiologist
- Clinical Pharmacologist
- Clinical Psychologist
- Company /Occupational Nurse
- Company/Occupational Physician
- Critical Care Nurse
- Dentist
- Digestive Tract and General Surgeon
- Digestive Tract Specialist Physician
- Emergency Nurse
- Emergency Specialist Physician
- Endocrinology and Nutrition Specialist Physician
- ENT Specialist
- Expert on Nutrition and Food Control
- General Practitioner in Blood Establishments
- Gynaecology and Obstetrics Specialist Physician
- Hospital Care Nurse: Outpatient Care
- Hospital Care Paediatrician
- Hospital Emergency Nurse
- Hospital Haematology and Haemotherapy Specialist Physician
- Hospital Pharmacist
- Hospital Radiophysics Specialist
- Inpatient and Special Care Nurse
- Inpatient Nurse
- Intensive Care and Critical Care Specialist Physician
- Internal Medicine Doctor- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine Specialist Physician
- Medical and Surgical Dermatology and Venereology Specialist Physician
- Medical Oncology Specialist Physician
- Mental Health Nurse
- Microbiologist
- Midwife
- Nephrologist
- Neurologist
- Neurosurgeon
- Nuclear Medicine Specialist Physician
- Nurse for Advanced Palliative Care Resources
- Nurse for Advanced Practice in Cases Management
- Occupational Therapist
- Ophthalmologist
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Paediatric Surgery Specialist Physician
- Pathologist
- Perfusionist Nurse
- Physician in Teams and Centres for Health Emergencies Coordination
- Physiotherapist
- Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist Physician
- Preventive Medicine and Public Health Specialist Physician
- Primary and Community Care Nurse
- Primary Care Epidemiologist
- Primary Care General Practitioner
- Primary Care Paediatrician
- Primary Care Pharmacist
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients at Cardiovascular Risk
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Diabetes
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Oral Anticoagulation
- Protocolised Follow-up of the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Palliative Sedation
- Psychiatrist
- Pulmonologist
- Radiation Oncology Specialist Physician
- Radiologist
- Radiopharmacy Specialist
- Rehabilitation Specialist Physician
- Renal Dialysis and Transplant Nurse
- Rheumatologist
- Specialist Physician for Advanced Palliative Care Resources
- Surgical Block Nurse
- Thoracic Surgeon
- Transplant Coordinator Nurse
- Transplant Coordinator Physician
- Traumatologist and Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Urologist
How to certify
Certification is the result of a process that allows verifying the existence or acquisition of essential competences during the health professional actual and daily performance. The process gives a relevant role to the self-assessment. Each professional is the agent of their own accreditation process: they identify which is their actual situation, determine where to be and plan the actions to achieve it.
Phase 1 Beginning of the Process
Professionals must apply via the IT platform called ‘Me_jora P’, where the entire accreditation of competences process is found. Then ACSA will assign a tutor to guide them.
Phase 2 Self-assessment
Professionals provide evidences of their good practice in their performance, demonstrating a certain level of competence, current or forthcoming, during the certification process.
Phase 3 Assessment
A team of qualified ACSA surveyors studies self-assessment outputs, evaluating all evidence provided and determining the level of compliance with best practices displayed in their performance.
Phase 4 Certification
Depending on the outputs of the assessment, ACSA issues an output report and the subsequent certification of the results of the evaluation to the degree of development accomplished by the professionals (in accordance with predefined criteria and standards): Advanced, Expert or Excellent.
Phase 5 Accreditation
Once the certificate is issued, professionals may apply to the competent body (Directorate-General for Research and Knowledge Management) to formalise the accreditation to obtain the final accreditation certificate valid during 5 years.
General requirements
To learn more about the rules for the granting, maintenance and renewal of the certification of services you can refer to: General Document for Certification of Health Professionals.
Informative dossier
Read this informative dossier to learn more about the framework and the process of the Professional Competencies Certification Programme.