Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

chiropractortophysiotherapy assistant

A chiropractor already meets 44% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chiropractor
44%
Overlap1
To physiotherapy assistant
18 Skills carried over
23 Required, not held
66.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.4/ 100

1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chiropractor 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

Why this move works

A physiotherapy assistant role treats 18 of its required skills as things a chiropractor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • advocate health
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • contribute to quality physiotherapy services
  • contribute to the rehabilitation process

What stands in the way is 23 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A physiotherapy assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chiropractor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advocate health communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop plans related to client discharge management skills
  • already held provide learning support in healthcare management skills
  • already held develop plans related to the transfer of care management skills
  • already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services management skills
  • already held contribute to the rehabilitation process assisting and caring

All 18 carried skills, including the 18 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 10 required
  • required, not held assist physiotherapists required
  • required, not held support discharge from physiotherapy required
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
  • required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
  • required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
  • required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
02 assisting and caring 9 required
  • required, not held adhere to health well-being and safety required
  • required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
  • required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
  • required, not held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
  • required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a physiotherapy assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held advocate health skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
  • already held contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
  • already held develop plans related to client discharge skill
  • already held develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
  • already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held provide learning support in healthcare skill
  • already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
90 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational code of ethics skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on rehabilitation exercises skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse X-ray imagery skill
  • not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
  • not needed by the target role apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply massage therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply specific manual chiropractic techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply supports for spinal adjustment skill
  • not needed by the target role assess chiropractic intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role assist patients with rehabilitation skill
  • not needed by the target role biomechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chiropody knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chiropractic terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect healthcare user's general data skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct chiropractic examination skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct neurological examination skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct physical examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role develop chiropractic services skill
  • not needed by the target role develop chiropractic treatment plans skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose musculoskeletal conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on preventing injuries skill
  • not needed by the target role employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role endocrinology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role exercise physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow-up after patients' surgery skill
  • not needed by the target role formulate a treatment plan skill
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret electroencephalograms skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret evoked potentials records skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret findings from medical examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret medical images skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret medical results skill
  • not needed by the target role kinesiology knowledge

50 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from chiropractor

Full index of moves from chiropractor

Note

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.