biomedical scientist advancedtospecialist biomedical scientist
A biomedical scientist advanced already meets 41% of what the specialist biomedical scientist role asks for. The move turns on 27 required skills not yet in the profile.
41%
69.7/ 100
1 Share of the specialist biomedical scientist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the biomedical scientist advanced 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 specialist biomedical scientist role treats 17 of its required skills as things a biomedical scientist advanced already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biosafety in biomedical laboratory
- conduct health related research
What stands in the way is 27 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist biomedical scientist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a biomedical scientist advanced background worth leading with.
- already held make clinical decisions management skills
- already held validate biomedical analysis results information skills
- already held perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis information skills
- already held research new treatments for blood related disorders information skills
- already held perform pathology consultations information skills
- already held perform transcranial magnetic stimulation information skills
All 27 carried skills, including the 17 the specialist biomedical scientist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 33 missing skills fall into 9 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 follow code of ethics for biomedical practices required
- required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required
- required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
- required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
- required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
- required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- required, not held provide test results to medical staff required
- required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- required, not held provide health education required
- required, not held train employees required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
- required, not held diagnose disorders of the urogenital system required
- required, not held keep up to date with diagnostic innovations required
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
- required, not held report the results of treatment required
- optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
- required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required
- optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- required, not held multidisciplinary research required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a specialist biomedical scientist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 follow code of ethics for biomedical practices skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply safety procedures in laboratory skill · sector specific
- 03 contribute to continuity of health care skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held biosafety in biomedical laboratory knowledge
- already held conduct health related research skill
- already held dermapathology knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held make clinical decisions skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis skill
- already held perform pathology consultations skill
- already held perform reconstructive microsurgery skill
- already held perform transcranial magnetic stimulation skill
- already held record data from biomedical tests skill
- already held validate biomedical analysis results skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
- already held clinical immunopathology knowledge
- already held examine samples in dermatology skill
- already held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients skill
- already held hepatology knowledge
- already held interpret electromyograms skill
- already held intracranial hypertension knowledge
- already held neoplasia knowledge
- already held perform virological test skill
- already held research new treatments for blood related disorders skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held monitor biomedical equipment stock required
- required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
- optional, not held electroencephalography optional
- optional, not held medical parasitology optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held electroencephalography optional
- optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
- optional, not held medical parasitology optional
- optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
33 held skills the specialist biomedical scientist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse body fluids skill
- not needed by the target role analyse cell cultures skill
- not needed by the target role analytical methods in biomedical sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply scientific methods skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical science knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical scientists' role in health care system knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role biophysics knowledge
- not needed by the target role cancer risks knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical cytology knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical immunology knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical microbiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role cryopreservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role embryology knowledge
- not needed by the target role epidemiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role histopathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role immunohaematology knowledge
- not needed by the target role immunology knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical genetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role scientific literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
- not needed by the target role tissue cytogenetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role toxicology knowledge
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
4 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 hygiene in a health care setting required
- required, not held multidisciplinary research required
- optional, not held electroencephalography optional
- optional, not held medical parasitology optional
Other moves recorded from biomedical scientist advanced
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.