doctors' surgery assistanttodental hygienist
A doctors' surgery assistant already meets 56% of what the dental hygienist role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
55.9/ 100
1 Share of the dental hygienist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the doctors' surgery assistant 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 dental hygienist role treats 18 of its required skills as things a doctors' surgery assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- contribute to continuity of health care
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 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dental hygienist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a doctors' surgery assistant background worth leading with.
- 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
- already held use foreign languages in patient care communication, collaboration and creativity
All 20 carried skills, including the 18 the dental hygienist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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.
- required, not held apply antibacterial substance to teeth required
- required, not held perform dental hygiene interventions required
- required, not held remove calculus, plaque and stains required
- required, not held deal with patients' anxiety required
- required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
- required, not held counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health required
- required, not held educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention required
- required, not held follow dentists' instructions required
- required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
- required, not held listen actively required
- required, not held evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions required
- required, not held perform dental charting required
- optional, not held keep records for dental prostheses optional
- required, not held perform dental radiographs required
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
- required, not held polish dental restorations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dental hygienist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply antibacterial substance to teeth skill · occupation specific
- 02 evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions skill · occupation specific
- 03 perform dental hygiene interventions 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held communicate in healthcare 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 interact with healthcare users 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 inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held keep records for dental prostheses optional
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
46 held skills the dental hygienist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse X-ray imagery skill
- not needed by the target role answer patients' questions skill
- not needed by the target role assist in epilepsy surgery skill
- not needed by the target role assist patients with special needs skill
- not needed by the target role assist with hemostasis skill
- not needed by the target role clinical reports knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
- not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- not needed by the target role conduct polysomnography skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role e-procurement knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
- not needed by the target role health records management knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role maintain treatment records skill
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
- not needed by the target role medical informatics knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor patients' progress related to treatment skill
- not needed by the target role multi-professional cooperation in health care knowledge
- not needed by the target role offer advice on diet-related concerns skill
- not needed by the target role operate patients with thoracic diseases skill
- not needed by the target role perform procurement processes skill
- not needed by the target role perform reconstructive plastic surgery skill
- not needed by the target role perform venepuncture procedures skill
- not needed by the target role process medical insurance claims skill
- not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide pre-treatment information skill
- not needed by the target role provide test results to medical staff skill
- not needed by the target role radiological procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role record healthcare users' billing information skill
- not needed by the target role record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
- not needed by the target role spine surgery knowledge
6 further entries not listed here
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.