assistant clinical psychologisttohealth psychologist
A assistant clinical psychologist already meets 36% of what the health psychologist role asks for. The move turns on 51 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
77.6/ 100
1 Share of the health psychologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the assistant clinical psychologist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A health psychologist role treats 31 of its required skills as things a assistant clinical psychologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- analyse psychological aspects of illness
- apply context specific clinical competences
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- clinical reports
What stands in the way is 51 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A health psychologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a assistant clinical psychologist background worth leading with.
- already held analyse psychological aspects of illness assisting and caring
- already held evaluate psychological health measures information skills
- already held provide health psychological analysis communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide health psychological concepts management skills
- already held provide health psychological diagnosis information skills
- already held provide health psychological treatment advice communication, collaboration and creativity
All 32 carried skills, including the 31 the health psychologist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 62 missing skills fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held encourage healthy behaviours required
- required, not held provide health counselling required
- required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- required, not held advise on mental health required
- required, not held help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness required
- required, not held promote psycho-social education required
- required, not held support patients to understand their conditions required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- required, not held advise policy makers in healthcare required
- required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
- required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- required, not held listen actively required
- required, not held provide health education required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- required, not held apply health psychological measures required
- required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
- required, not held employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held perform therapy sessions required
- required, not held respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions required
- required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- optional, not held apply a holistic approach in care optional
- optional, not held work on the effects of abuse optional
- required, not held analyse processes influencing health care delivery required
- required, not held provide psychological health assessment strategies required
- required, not held manage health promotion activities required
- required, not held use techniques to increase patients' motivation required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required
- optional, not held apply caseload management optional
- optional, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health optional
- required, not held conditions for professional practice of health psychology required
- required, not held psychological measures in working with other health care professionals required
- required, not held emergency psychology required
- required, not held psychological healthcare services required
- required, not held psychological counselling methods required
- required, not held psychological treatment measures required
- optional, not held experimental psychology optional
- optional, not held psychosomatics optional
- required, not held analyse health damaging behaviours required
- required, not held analyse large-scale data in healthcare required
- required, not held use clinical assessment techniques required
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
- required, not held test for behavioural patterns required
- required, not held test for emotional patterns required
- optional, not held diagnose mental disorders optional
- required, not held psychopathology required
- required, not held counselling methods required
- required, not held crisis intervention required
- required, not held neurology required
- optional, not held sexual disorders optional
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a health psychologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse health damaging behaviours skill · occupation specific
- 02 analyse processes influencing health care delivery skill · occupation specific
- 03 apply health psychological measures skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 32 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held analyse psychological aspects of illness skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held assess healthcare users' risk for harm skill
- already held clinical reports knowledge
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held conduct psychological assessement skill
- already held consultation knowledge
- already held counsel clients skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held evaluate psychological health measures skill
- already held evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy skill
- already held health psychology knowledge
- already held interpret psychological tests skill
- already held prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment skill
- already held provide health psychological advice skill
- already held provide health psychological analysis skill
- already held provide health psychological concepts skill
- already held provide health psychological diagnosis skill
- already held provide health psychological treatment advice skill
- already held psychiatry knowledge
- already held psychological concepts knowledge
- already held psychological diagnostics knowledge
- already held psychological interventions knowledge
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held therapy in health care knowledge
- already held work with patterns of psychological behaviour skill
- already held diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
- required, not held research design required
- required, not held psychopharmacology required
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply a holistic approach in care optional
- optional, not held apply caseload management optional
- optional, not held diagnose mental disorders optional
- optional, not held experimental psychology optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health optional
- optional, not held psychosomatics optional
- optional, not held sexual disorders optional
- optional, not held work on the effects of abuse optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
20 held skills the health psychologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply clinical psychological treatment skill
- not needed by the target role apply psychological intervention strategies skill
- not needed by the target role assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
- not needed by the target role assist psychologist skill
- not needed by the target role carry out neuropsychological testing skill
- not needed by the target role clinical psychological treatment knowledge
- not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct psychological research skill
- not needed by the target role decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach skill
- not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role diagnosis of mental health issues knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate clinical psychological measures skill
- not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify mental health issues skill
- not needed by the target role paediatric psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide clinical psychological assessment skill
- not needed by the target role provide clinical psychological counselling skill
- not needed by the target role provide clinical psychological expert opinions skill
- not needed by the target role provide clinical psychological support in crisis situations skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
17 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held conditions for professional practice of health psychology required
- required, not held psychological measures in working with other health care professionals required
- required, not held emergency psychology required
- required, not held psychological healthcare services required
- required, not held psychopathology required
- required, not held psychopharmacology required
- required, not held counselling methods required
- required, not held crisis intervention required
- required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
- required, not held neurology required
- required, not held psychological counselling methods required
- required, not held psychological treatment measures required
- required, not held research design required
- optional, not held experimental psychology optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held psychosomatics optional
- optional, not held sexual disorders optional
Other moves recorded from assistant clinical psychologist
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.