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

dental hygienisttohealthcare assistant

A dental hygienist already meets 51% of what the healthcare assistant role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dental hygienist
51%
Overlap1
To healthcare assistant
20 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
58.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.6/ 100

1 Share of the healthcare assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dental hygienist 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 healthcare assistant role treats 18 of its required skills as things a dental hygienist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • apply organisational techniques
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • deal with emergency care situations
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship

What stands in the way is 14 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A healthcare assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dental hygienist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use technical equipment for sterilisation working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills
  • already held deal with emergency care situations assisting and caring

All 20 carried skills, including the 18 the healthcare assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 7 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 7 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held convey medical routine information required
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held work with nursing staff required
  • required, not held communicate with nursing staff required
  • required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
  • required, not held support nurses required
  • required, not held work under supervision in care required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
  • required, not held provide basic support to patients required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
03 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held identify abnormalities required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
05 health and welfare 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a healthcare 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held deal with emergency care situations skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held promote inclusion skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
  • already held use technical equipment for sterilisation skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
16 held skills the healthcare assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply antibacterial substance to teeth skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with patients' anxiety skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow dentists' instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records for dental prostheses skill
  • not needed by the target role manage infection control in the facility skill
  • not needed by the target role perform dental charting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform dental hygiene interventions skill
  • not needed by the target role perform dental radiographs skill
  • not needed by the target role polish dental restorations skill
  • not needed by the target role promote health and safety policies in health services skill
  • not needed by the target role remove calculus, plaque and stains skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from dental hygienist

Full index of moves from dental hygienist

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.