Table 1Transition record

emergency medical dispatchertopatient transport services driver

A emergency medical dispatcher already meets 25% of what the patient transport services driver role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From emergency medical dispatcher

25%

Overlap1

To patient transport services driver

6 Skills carried over

11 Required, not held

71.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the patient transport services driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the emergency medical dispatcher 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 patient transport services driver role treats 4 of its required skills as things a emergency medical dispatcher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

adhere to organisational guidelines
comply with legislation related to health care
local geography
operate an emergency communication system

What stands in the way is 11 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A patient transport services driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a emergency medical dispatcher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held local geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
already held operate an emergency communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held health care legislation business, administration and law
already held comply with legislation related to health care assisting and caring
already held adhere to organisational guidelines assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the patient transport services driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 assisting and caring 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held assist passengers required
required, not held transfer patients required

optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
optional, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities optional
optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held follow verbal instructions required
required, not held follow written instructions required

optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

03 constructing 2 required

required, not held maintain vehicle appearance required
required, not held maintain vehicle service required

04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required

required, not held drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions required
required, not held transport allocated patients required

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required

06 management skills 1 required

required, not held complete patient journey records required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a patient transport services driver 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 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
already held local geography knowledge
already held operate an emergency communication system skill
already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
already held health care legislation knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 services 1 required

required, not held licences regulation required

08 health and welfare 3 supplementary

optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held older adults' needs optional
optional, not held resuscitation optional

09 information skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional

8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
optional, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities optional
optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held older adults' needs optional
optional, not held resuscitation optional
optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

22 held skills the patient transport services driver role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role answer emergency calls skill
not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
not needed by the target role coordinate with other emergency services skill
not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
not needed by the target role dispatch ambulance skill
not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
not needed by the target role listen actively skill
not needed by the target role log emergency call information electronically skill
not needed by the target role manage dispatch software systems skill
not needed by the target role manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
not needed by the target role medical dispatch knowledge
not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
not needed by the target role personnel planning in emergency response skill
not needed by the target role prioritise emergencies skill
not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
not needed by the target role provide advice to emergency callers skill
not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
not needed by the target role support distressed emergency callers skill
not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
not needed by the target role work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care 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

required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
required, not held licences regulation required
optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held older adults' needs optional
optional, not held resuscitation optional

Index

Other moves recorded from emergency medical dispatcher

Full index of moves from emergency medical dispatcher

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.